Pawtucket and the Slater Centennial
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An illustrated 1890 magazine article by Rev. Massena Goodrich on the history of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, written for the centennial of Samuel Slater's introduction of water-powered cotton spinning. It traces settlement by Joseph Jenks and the early iron industry, then Slater's arrival from England, his work with Moses Brown and Almy & Brown, and the Wilkinson family's role. It goes on to describe later manufactures (calico printing, plush, machinery, Conant Thread Company), water works, churches, and the town's political history. Illustrated with engravings and photographs of mills, bridges, falls, houses, and churches.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- October 1890
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 19
- Archive notes
- Front illustration added November 5, 2004 and problems with pictured fixed.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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