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The Watchman Industrial School was incorporated in Rhode Island by 1910. [6] In 1917, the Watchman School was described in the report of the Phelps-Stokes Fund as "a small elementary school of very doubtful management. The industrial work is negligible." The Fund was managing a study of black education and surveyed private as well as public ...
The Lymansville Company Mill is a historic industrial complex at 184 Woonasquatucket Avenue in North Providence, Rhode Island.The oldest portion of the complex, a three-story brick building which originally a textile spinning and carding building, was built in 1884.
Jewish Rhode Island, published monthly and owned by the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island. Based in Providence, but covering the entire state. Mercury, published monthly and owned by Gatehouse Media. An alternative weekly-style paper covering Rhode Island arts, entertainment and food in Newport and Middletown.
The Nicholson File Company Mill Complex is a historic industrial manufacturing complex at 1-45 Acorn Street in Providence, Rhode Island.It consists of 24 buildings occupying 7 acres (2.8 ha) of land, of which 20 are historically significant.
Blackstone River State Park, Rhode Island: This park borders both the Blackstone River and Canal and contains bike paths, walking trails, and river access. The Wilbur Kelly Museum, built by former merchant ship's captain and mill owner Wilbur Kelly, is also within the park, and the museum tells the story of the region's transportation history ...
The magazine was launched in 2000. [2] The publisher is Providence Monthly LL.C. [3] The magazine published its 100th issue in 2005. [4] It is freely distributed in the metro Providence market. [5] From June 2020 Providence Monthly merged with its sister magazine East Side Monthly under its title. [2]
Tillinghast Factory ruins, 1915 photo [2]. The Tillinghast Mill Site is an historic industrial site in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.The site is the location of a cotton mill established in 1812 most likely by Allin Tillinghast and Joseph Joslyn Tillinghast. [3]
In the early twentieth century, the complex was the site of several labor strikes. In 1902, 800 workers went on strike over an increase in the pace of work and a reduction in their wages linked with the implementation by the 58-hour work week in Rhode Island. [5]