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 use the Arkwright system of cotton spinning as developed by Richard Arkwright .

2024年12月14日 · Visit Old Slater Mill, the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. Originally constructed in 1793, this mill stands as an important reminder of the changes brought on by industrialization. It was here that Samuel Slater first successfully implemented Richard Arkwright's water-powered cotton spinning technology in America.

2024年9月18日 · Slater Mill (1793) was the first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill in the United States and the first property to be added to the National Register of Historic Places (November 1966). For more than two centuries, people have transformed Slater Mill.

Slater Mill, first constructed in 1793, was a water-powered cotton spinning mill financed by the Brown family of Providence. Samuel Slater, an English immigrant, working with local mechanics, successfully replicated English textile machines here in the United States in 1790.

Slater Industrial Archives holds scrapbooks that were kept by Old Slater Mill staff over a century, and document the activities and culture that revolved around the Old Slater Mill museum during its development and its early acquisition.

2018年11月19日 · The Old Slater Mill is now known as the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. This is the first cotton-spinning mill in the U.S., which operates using a water-power technique...

2024年4月15日 · Slaters Mill right off of Route 287 was one such landmark. The iconic structure was built around 1850, and was originally known as Fords Mill. The land along the Pequannock River where the mill sat had hosted different mills since before the American Revolution. Local entrepreneur Joseph Slater purchased the existing mill in 1861.

2015年12月8日 · Joseph Slater purchased present mill in 1861 for factory which processed beaver fur felt for Stetson Hats. Erected 1977 by Morris County Heritage Commission, National Register of Historic Places, New Jersey Register of Historic Places.

2022年9月9日 · Here in Pawtucket, the park includes the two mills and the Sylvanus Brown house, along with the original dam and associated water structures, including the Great Flume. The Slater Mill is open to the public seasonally from Thursdays through Sundays, and park rangers conduct free guided tours of the building.

2024年12月12日 · Gain insight into the challenges, resilience, and daily life of young workers who played an essential yet often overlooked role in the mill's history. Built in 1793, Slater Mill stands as a testament to innovation, ingenuity, and the transformative power of water-powered industry.