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 currently open
Thursday-Sunday from 10 A.M.-4 P.M.

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 currently open Thursday-Sunday from 10 A.M.-4 P.M.

Slater Mill, Wilkinson Mill and Brown House at Blackstone River Valley NHP

Slater Mill Site

The Blackstone Canal and towpath along the Wilbur Kelly House in Ashton, RI

Ashton Kelly House and canal

View of John Slater's home in Slatersville, RI

Slatersville

The machine shop inside the Wilkinson Mill

Wilkinson Mill interior

The Little Red Shop in Hopedale, MA - the original home of the Draper Loom Corporation

Little Red Shop

Autumn in the Blackstone Valley

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park

"I acknowledge that to molest any person, Jew or Gentile, for either
professing doctrine, or practicing worship meerly religious or spiritual, is
to persecute him, and such a person (whether his doctrine or practice be true
or false) suffers persecution for conscience." -Roger Williams, 1644 Banished
by the English and saved by the First Peoples, Roger Williams founded
Providence here in 1636.

"I acknowledge that to molest any person, Jew or Gentile, for either professing doctrine, or practicing worship meerly religious or spiritual, is to persecute him, and such a person (whether his doctrine or practice be true or false) suffers persecution for conscience." 
-Roger Williams, 1644

Banished by the English and saved by the First Peoples, Roger Williams founded Providence here in 1636.

Historic marker in the snow.

View of the park in early spring.

The visitor center also features a Native American Garden.

Native American Garden and Visitor Center

Ranger helping a child with an activity

Come learn about history in our colonial kitchen garden.

Colonial kitchen garden

Roger Williams NM

The Hahn Memorial and Crabapple Orchard

The Roger Williams National Memorial Visitor Center

Visitor Center

The Crabapple Orchard is a great place to rest and relax

Crabapple Orchard Picnic Area

Visit the lawns for a moment of reflection

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park

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Roger Williams National Memorial