Slater Mill

by Sarah Leavitt, Slater Mill Historic Site, Slater Mill Staff

Book Overview

As a working cotton mill, a space for varied types of manufacturing, and eventually as a project of historical preservation, the Slater Mill has played many roles in the history of Pawtucket. LeavittAa's work includes such illuminating images as a turn-of-the-century bicycle shop, a crowded mill scene in the early twentieth century, and the transformation of the site into a tourist attraction in the 1920s. This volume also shows how the site was re-configured...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752405675
• ISBN13: 9780752405674
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.