The Blackstone River powered America's entry into the Age of Industry. The success of Samuel Slater's cotton spinning mill in Pawtucket, RI touched off a chain reaction that changed how people worked and where they lived. Learn how this revolution transformed the landscape of the Blackstone Valley and the United States. The Visitor Center at Old Slater Mill is closed for the winter season.
What you’ll hear
44 places to explore in this park.
- 1826 Old Brick Mill
- Adin Ballou Park
- Ashton Hay Fields
- Ashton Mill
- Ashton Mill Village
- Bancroft Memorial Library
- Captain Wilbur Kelly Transportation Museum
- Chocolateville Mill
- Draper Mill Complex
- Fletcher Homestead
- Gasometer
- Granite Cotton Mill
- Hopedale Community House
- Hopedale Company Housing
- Hopedale, Massachusetts
- Hopedale Quadrangle
- John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
- John Slater House
- Little Red Shop/Draper Mill
- Market House, Providence, RI
- Memorial Square, Whitinsville
- Northbridge Town Hall
- Old Slater Mill
- Pawtucket Falls
- Pettingill-Mason House
- Pray's Wading
- Slater Mill Dam
- Slatersville Church and Common
- Slatersville Commercial Block
- Slatersville Mills
- Slatersville Reservoir
- Slatersville Worker Houses
- Sylvanus Brown House
- The Forge at Whitinsville
- The Parklands
- The Western Mill and Slatersville Library
- Veteran of Foreign Wars Memorial, Whitinsville
- Whitin Community Center
- Whitin Machine Works
- Whitin Mansions
- Whitinsville
- Whitinsville National Bank
- Whitin Working Housing
- Wilkinson Mill
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