![Slater Mill complex on Blackstone River, on a site offered both water power & ship access. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT02.JPG) | ![Slater Mill Historic Site pond overview. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT03.JPG) | ![Wilkinson Mill which milled the tools used in adjacent Slater Mill. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT05.JPG) | ![Rough stone surface of Wilkinson Mill. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT06.JPG) |
Slater Mill complex on Blackstone River, on a site offered both water power & ship access. Pawtucket, RI. | Slater Mill Historic Site pond overview. Pawtucket, RI. | Wilkinson Mill (1810) which milled the tools used in adjacent Slater Mill. Pawtucket, RI. | Rough stone surface of Wilkinson Mill. Pawtucket, RI. |
![Water wheel which powered Wilkinson Mill. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT08.JPG) | ![Gears which transmitted power from water wheel in Wilkinson Mill. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT09.JPG) | ![Planking machine which surfaced lumber boards in Wilkinson Mill. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT10.JPG) | ![Wilkinson Mill & Sylvanus Brown house at Slater Mill Historic Site. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT11.JPG) |
Water wheel which powered Wilkinson Mill. Pawtucket, RI. | Gears which transmitted power from water wheel in Wilkinson Mill. Pawtucket, RI. | Planking machine which surfaced lumber boards in Wilkinson Mill. Pawtucket, RI. | Wilkinson Mill & Sylvanus Brown house at Slater Mill Historic Site. Pawtucket, RI. |
![Sylvanus Brown house occupied by the patternmaker who made the machinery for the Slater Mill. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT13.JPG) | ![Shaker boxes, part of the furnishings of the Sylvanus Brown house. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT15.JPG) | ![Slater Mill over mill raceway. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT21.JPG) | ![Slater Mill entrance tower. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT22.JPG) |
Sylvanus Brown house (1758) occupied (1784-1824) by the patternmaker who made the machinery for the Slater Mill. Pawtucket, RI. | Shaker boxes, part of the furnishings of the Sylvanus Brown house. Pawtucket, RI. | Slater Mill over mill raceway. Pawtucket, RI. | Slater Mill entrance tower. Pawtucket, RI. |
![Slater Mill bell tower once used to signal workers to wake up & then again to come to work when workers lacked clocks. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT24.JPG) | ![Slater Mill & dam , the first cotton mill in America, now an industrial museum. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT25.JPG) | ![Cotton Gin by Carver Cotton Gin Company of East Bridgewater, MA automated process of removing seeds from cotton. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT27.JPG) | ![500 lb bale of cotton as shipped from Southern US plantations. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT28.JPG) |
Slater Mill bell tower once used to signal workers to wake up & then again to come to work when workers lacked clocks. Pawtucket, RI. | Slater Mill & dam (1793), the first cotton mill in America, now an industrial museum. Pawtucket, RI. | Cotton Gin (1930) by Carver Cotton Gin Company of East Bridgewater, MA automated process of removing seeds from cotton. Pawtucket, RI. | 500 lb bale of cotton as shipped from Southern US plantations. Pawtucket, RI. |
![Cotton bale breaker where rotating spikes chipped off pieces from compressed cotton bales. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT29.JPG) | ![Mannequin reminds Slater Mill visitors that running a cotton carding machine was dangerous child labor. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT30.JPG) | ![Cotton carding engine by Franklin Machine Co., Providence RI. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT31.JPG) | ![Cotton drawing frame by Howard & Bullough, Accrington, England & Pawtucket. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT32.JPG) |
Cotton bale breaker (c1840) where rotating spikes chipped off pieces from compressed cotton bales. Pawtucket, RI. | Mannequin reminds Slater Mill visitors that running a cotton carding machine (replica c1790) was dangerous child labor. Pawtucket, RI. | Cotton carding engine (c1870) by Franklin Machine Co., Providence RI. Pawtucket, RI. | Cotton drawing frame (1922) by Howard & Bullough, Accrington, England & Pawtucket. Pawtucket, RI. |
![Speeder / Roving Machine by Locks & Canal Co., Lowell, MA. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT36.JPG) | ![Arkwright Water Frame after R. Arkwright, Derbyshire, England. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT38.JPG) | ![Throstle Spinning Frame Locks & Canal Co., Lowell, MA. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT39.JPG) | ![Thread Manufacturing Machine or Spinning Mule by Hetherington & Sons, Manchester, England. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT42.JPG) |
Speeder / Roving Machine (c1830) by Locks & Canal Co., Lowell, MA. Pawtucket, RI. | Arkwright Water Frame (replica c1775) after R. Arkwright, Derbyshire, England. Pawtucket, RI. | Throstle Spinning Frame (c1835) Locks & Canal Co., Lowell, MA. Pawtucket, RI. | Thread Manufacturing Machine or Spinning Mule (1909) by Hetherington & Sons, Manchester, England. Pawtucket, RI. |
![Hetherington Spinning Mule in expanded position where child labor once worked under mechanism fetching broken threads. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT43.JPG) | ![Jacquard loom where wooden punch cards programmed pattern to be woven. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT45.JPG) | ![Details of Jacquard loom at Slater Mill Historic Site Museum. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT46.JPG) | ![Narrow Fabric Loom by Crompton & Knowles, Worcester, MA. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT47.JPG) |
Hetherington Spinning Mule in expanded position where child labor once worked under mechanism fetching broken threads. Pawtucket, RI. | Jacquard loom where wooden punch cards programmed pattern to be woven. Pawtucket, RI. | Details of Jacquard loom at Slater Mill Historic Site Museum. Pawtucket, RI. | Narrow Fabric Loom (1899) by Crompton & Knowles, Worcester, MA. Pawtucket, RI. |
![Circular Knitting Machine by Tompkins Brothers Machine Co., Troy, NY. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT49.JPG) | ![Circular Knitting Machine technical details. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT50.JPG) | ![Maypole Braider by New England Butt Co, Providence, RI. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT53.JPG) | ![High-Speed Braider by Wardwell Braiding Machine Co., Central Falls, RI for wrapping electrical wiring with insulating thread. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT54.JPG) |
Circular Knitting Machine (1891) by Tompkins Brothers Machine Co., Troy, NY. Pawtucket, RI. | Circular Knitting Machine technical details. Pawtucket, RI. | Maypole Braider (c1872) by New England Butt Co, Providence, RI. Pawtucket, RI. | High-Speed Braider (c1920) by Wardwell Braiding Machine Co., Central Falls, RI for wrapping electrical wiring with insulating thread. Pawtucket, RI. |
![Stained glass advertising salvaged from New England Butt Co, Providence, RI. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT55.JPG) | ![Church seen across mill waterfall at Slater Mill Historic Site. Pawtucket, RI.](/t/USRI/RIT62.JPG) |
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Stained glass advertising salvaged from New England Butt Co, Providence, RI. Pawtucket, RI. | Church seen across mill waterfall at Slater Mill Historic Site. Pawtucket, RI. |
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