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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1790/00/00 Samuel Slater Work Pawtuckets importance as the birthplace of American industry dates to 1790 when Samuel Slater arrives in Rhode Island. During the next three years, Slater, under the patronage of Moses Brown of Providence, reconstructs the Arkwright spinning frame.
1790/00/00 Moses Brown of Providence Owner Pawtuckets importance as the birthplace of American industry dates to 1790 when Samuel Slater arrives in Rhode Island. During the next three years, Slater, under the patronage of Moses Brown of Providence, reconstructs the Arkwright spinning frame.
1793/00/00 Samuel Slater opens the first successful cotton mill in the United States.
1795/00/00 William Bates (Textile Pioneer) Work William Bates, who was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, began working in the textile industry at the age of 8, including the Slater cotton factory in Rhode Island.

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Particulars for Old Slater Mill:
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Industry
Area of Significance Invention
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 13th November 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Old Slater Mill
Registry Address: Roosevelt Ave.
Registry Number: 66000001
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 4
Contributing Buildings: 3
Contributing Structures: 2
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Industry, Invention
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1793
Associated People: Slater,Samuel
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Commerce, Trade, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Museum Park Specialty store

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