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Economic instability in the 1830s as well as immigration greatly affected the Lowell mills in a negative effect. Overproduction during the 1830s caused the price of finished cloth to drop and the mills' financial situation was exacerbated by a minor depression in 1834 and the Panic of 1837. In 1834, the mills cut wages by 25%, which led the ...
St. Louis Mills, also known as St. Louis Outlet Mall, was a shopping mall in Hazelwood, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Opened in 2003, the mall struggled with tenancy for many years and in 2020, began redevelopment into a sports complex called Powerplex STL. However, the complex never opened and the property remains ...
The early textile factories such as the Lowell mills employed mainly women, but generally factories were a male domain. [7] By 1860, 16% of Americans lived in cities with 2500 or more people; a third of the nation's income came from manufacturing.
Congressman F. Bradford Morse assisted in the city's selection for "Model Cities" status; Brendan Fleming, UMass Lowell (UML) Math Department faculty member, after his election to the Lowell City Council proposed the first Historic District "The Mill and Canal District" which was approved in 1972; Gordon Marker, executive director of Model ...
It was common for these women to form writing groups, and out of one of these grew a magazine called The Lowell Offering in 1840. Farley wrote articles and editorials for The Lowell Offering under a myriad of pseudonyms and eventually became editor in 1842; in 1843, Harriot Curtis, a fellow mill worker, became her co-editor. [2]
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The Astros will compete in the Greater Lowell (Mass.) Holiday Tournament, which begins Wednesday and ends Saturday. All games will be played at Westford (Mass.) Academy.