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Pawtucket (/ p ə ˈ t ʌ k ɪ t / ⓘ puh-TUK-it [5]) is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island. The population was 75,604 at the 2020 census, making the city the fourth-largest in the state. Pawtucket borders Providence and East Providence to the south, Central Falls and Lincoln to the north, and North Providence to the west.
June 30, 1976. The Looff Carousel. Slater Park is the oldest and largest public park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The park is named after Samuel Slater, a famous American industrialist who constructed America's first water-powered textile mill in Pawtucket. The park lies on the banks of the beautiful Ten Mile River and features the 1685 Daggett ...
Samuel Slater (June 9, 1768 – April 21, 1835) was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution ", a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson, and the "Father of the American Factory System". In the United Kingdom, he was called "Slater the Traitor" [1] and "Sam the Slate" because he brought British ...
Designated NHL. November 13, 1966 [3] 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 utilize the Arkwright system of cotton spinning ...
English: Slater Mill Historic Site, Pawtucket, Rhode Island This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America . Its reference number is 66000001 .
Added to NRHP. November 18, 1983. Charles E. Shea High School, commonly known as Shea High School and previously known as Pawtucket West High School, is an American public secondary school at 485 East Avenue in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Shea is part of the Pawtucket School Department. The mascot is the "Shea High Raider".
Website. https://www.churchofstjohnthebaptist.org. MPS. Pawtucket MRA. NRHP reference No. 83003855 [1] Added to NRHP. November 18, 1983. St. John the Baptist Church is an historic Roman Catholic church at 68 Slater Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island within the Diocese of Providence.