| 1790/00/00 |
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. |
Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket, RI
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| 1793/00/00 |
Moses Brown of Providence During employs Samuel Slater to rebuild an Arkwright spinning frame. |
Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket, RI
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| 1793/00/00 |
Samuel Slater opens the first successful cotton mill in the United States. |
Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket, RI
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| 1809/00/00 |
The Blackstone textile mill is erected on the Blackstone River. |
Blackstone Manufacturing Company Historic District, Blackstone
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| 1813/00/00 |
In partnership with a group of investors known as The Boston Associates, Francis Cabot Lowell establishes the Boston Manufacturing Company to fabricate cotton textiles. |
Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham, MA
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| 1813/00/00 |
Middlesex Mills (lost), the first in Lowell, are built in East Chelmsford (now Lowell) at the confluence of the Pawtucket Canal and the Concord River. |
Hamilton and Pawtucket Canals, Lowell, MA
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| 1815/00/00 |
Brown and Ives invest in the Blackstone Manufacturing Company. While most textile mills during this period have a few hundred spindles to make thread, the Blackstone Mill has 5,000 spindles. |
Blackstone Manufacturing Company Historic District, Blackstone
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| 1821/00/00 |
Merrimac Manufacturing Company establishes a town for their employees. |
Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, MA
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| 1821/00/00 |
The Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River to buy the land and water rights around Pawtucket Falls in East Chelmsford. New mill owners will buy the land, but lease the water power from the Proprietors of Locks and Canals. |
Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, MA
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| 1832/00/00 |
A woolen mill (lost) is constructed on the Great Works River. Burned down in a fire, the mill is notable as the first in the nation to produce machine-made blankets. |
North Berwick Woolen Mill, North Berwick
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