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The strike, which did not encompass all the employees, had an adverse effect on the entire economy of Pawtucket: the Providence Journal estimated that the payroll of the plant was about $25,000 a week, most of which was spent at local Pawtucket stores, and as a result, roughly 10,000 people were impacted by the mill’s closing. [10]
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Pawtucket Times Building, 23 Exchange Street. The Times is an American daily newspaper published Mondays through Saturdays in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, covering eastern Providence County, Rhode Island, and some adjacent towns in Massachusetts. It was owned by RISN Operations and is currently owned by Triboro Massachusetts News Media.
George Leander Littlefield (1824–1902) was a leader of Rhode Island's late nineteenth-century textile industry with ownership and managerial roles in the Cumberland Mills Company, the Pawtucket Hair Cloth Company and other firms. He was a director of several Rhode Island banks and was prominent in local Democratic politics, nominated for the ...
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: RI road work: Route 7 at Victory Highway in Burrillville closes until December Show comments Advertisement
The Slater Mill is a historic water-powered textile mill complex on the banks of the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, modeled after cotton spinning mills first established in England. It is the first water-powered cotton spinning mill in America to utilize the Arkwright system of cotton spinning as developed by Richard Arkwright .