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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]
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 .
Jenckes Spinning Company windows. The Jenckes Spinning Company is a historic textile factory complex in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.Located on Conant and Weeden Streets, the complex was developed between 1883 and 1919, and was home to the city's largest employer in the 1910s, producing cotton fabric and fabric for use in automotive tires until 1933.
Per CBS News, police said Daniel put the 15-year-old in his car, before allegedly killing Kelly, 50, and Kenneth, 53. He then allegedly drove himself and his daughter back to his Head of the ...
May 6, 1971 (From Steeple and Promenade Sts. in Providence to the Massachusetts border in North Smithfield: Pawtucket, Lincoln, Woonsocket, and North Smithfield: Initial listing extended from Providence, through Pawtucket, and as far north as Lincoln; a 1991 expansion (#91001536) extended it to the state line; the canal itself extended into Worcester County, Massachusetts, where it is the ...
The company's main store in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is a widely recognized local landmark. It was designed by Andrew Geller in 1969 as a side project while working in the employ of Raymond Loewy . The building's distinctive ziggurat roof was designed to get around local sign ordinances, as well as attract attention from nearby Interstate 95 .
The Blackstone Canal, which extends through Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, and other communities appears here and on the Providence and Pawtucket lists; the Conant Thread-Coats & Clark Mill Complex District is in both Central Falls and Pawtucket, and is thus listed below and on the Pawtucket list.
In 1885, the site was purchased by B.B.& R. Knight Co., one of the largest textile companies in Rhode Island at the time, who marketed their cloth under the Fruit of the Loom label. In 1890, the Knight Company razed the three old mills and built the Royal Mill from local granite. The building was designed by mill engineer David M. Thompson. The ...