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A map of the region. The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor is a National Heritage Corridor dedicated to the history of the early American Industrial Revolution, including mill towns stretching across 25 cities and towns (400,000 acres (1,620 km 2) in total) near the river's course in Worcester County, Massachusetts, and Providence County, Rhode Island.
Transportation of goods from the upper Blackstone Valley was a growing concern by 1818. Teamsters drove huge wagons of textile goods to Woonsocket and to Worcester. [3] John Brown, a Providence Merchant, envisioned the Blackstone Canal from the late 18th century.
The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor follows the Blackstone Valley from Worcester to Providence, Rhode Island.The corridor follows the course of the Industrial Revolution in America from its origin at the Slater Mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island as it first spread north along the valley to Worcester, Massachusetts, and then to the rest of the nation.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park is a National Park Service unit in the states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.The park was created for the purpose of preserving, protecting, and interpreting the industrial heritage of the Blackstone River Valley and the urban, rural, and agricultural landscape of that region.
Blackstone River Valley: National Heritage Corridor: Worcester County: 1986 Extends into Providence County, Rhode Island. Visitor Center operated by Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation; NPS operates in advisory capacity. Boston African American: National Historic Site: Boston: 1980 NPS acts in advisory role, and provides ...
In 1809, Daniel Day had started the first woolen mill in Uxbridge and the Blackstone River Valley, one of the first woolen mills in the US (third), a little bit downstream. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Wheelocks, (descended from the Rev. Ralph Wheelock , the pioneer of American public education), also settled in Uxbridge , in the 18th century. [ 10 ]
The Blackstone Valley is a New England upland region with elevations from approximately two hundred feet to over six hundred feet above sea level. West Hill Dam is located about thirty-four miles west-southwest of Boston, and about fifteen miles southeast of Worcester. Aerial view of West Hill Reserve and West Hill Park
Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park: Worcester: 1,066 acres 431 ha: 1981: Blackstone River: The park is the midpoint of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor of the National Park System.