Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell
	Nickname : Mill City, Spindle City
	; Lowell 1838
Location in Massachusetts
	Lowell
	Lowell
Basic data
Foundation :	1653
State :	United States
State :	Massachusetts
County :	Middlesex County
Coordinates :	42 ° 38 ′ N , 71 ° 19 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 38 ′ N , 71 ° 19 ′ W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	106,519 (as of 2010)
Population density :	2,983.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	37.7 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of; which 35.7 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	31 m
Postcodes :	01850-01854
Area code :	+1 978,351
FIPS :	25-37000
GNIS ID :	0611832
Website :	www.lowellma.gov
Mayor :	William Samaras

Lowell is a city in Middlesex County in the US state of Massachusetts in the United States . In 2010 the population was 106,519.

history

The urban area was originally settled by Pennacook Indians. In 1820 it had barely 200 inhabitants. The first spinning mill was opened in 1823, and Lowell was officially recognized as a town in 1836. The city is named after Francis Cabot Lowell . By 1900 Lowell was considered the American Manchester . In 1900 it produced goods for $ 44,774,525 in 981 factories with 31,377 workers, mainly cotton fabrics (8 factories, 13,730 workers, US $ 17,038,576), hosiery (8 factories, 4,165 workers, US $ 3,148,110) ), Woolen goods (5 factories, 1,573 workers, US $ 3,275,613), machinery and cast goods (47 factories, 2,938 workers, US $ 4,258,047). Lowell was also the seat of the Lowell Textile School and a teachers' college. The University of Lowell, the state University of Massachusetts Lowell , emerged in 1975 from these precursors.

economy

The textile industry lost its importance in Lowell as early as the 1930s, which resulted in the town's economic decline. In the 1980s there was a temporary economic boom (the Massachusetts Miracle ). So had Wang Laboratories from 1972 to 1992 based in Lowell, then walked but in the bankruptcy . Lowell was also the seat of the global headquarters of Konarka Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of thin film solar cells made from polymers . The Konarka core team came together in 2000 at the instigation of the US Army to develop photovoltaic products for soldiers. In 2001 Konarka was able to start as a commercial company and has since founded three offices in Europe. In 2012 this company also went bankrupt.

Attractions

Former mill and today's museum

Belvidere Hill Historic District , historic district dating back to 1894
Brush With History Art Gallery
Center for Lowell History, University of Massachusetts Lowell History Library
Lowell Folk Festival
Lowell Memorial Auditorium
Lowell National Historical Park
Merrimack Repertory Theater
Play by Player's Theater Company
Revolving Museum - Jerry Beck's Modern Art Museum
Standing Room Only Players
Paul E. Tsongas Arena - Lowell Lock Monsters arena

Whistler House Museum of Art - Art museum in the birthplace of James MacNeil Whistler

The American Textile History Museum - Very worth seeing textile museum in a former textile factory

WUML

Sports

From April 1 to 9, 2006, the Men's Curling World Championships took place in Lowell .

The most famous sports club in town were the Lowell Devils (until 2005/06 Lowell Lock Monsters ) from the ( AHL ).

The Lowell Spinners baseball club plays semi-professionally in the Class A short season of minor league baseball as a farm team for the Boston Red Sox .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities related to the city

Elisha Huntington (1795-1865), politician; Mayor of Lowell
Frederic T. Greenhalge (1842-1896), politician; Mayor of Lowell
Juli Makowos (* 1937), Russian mathematician; he taught at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Mary Beth Ruskai (* 1944), mathematical physicist; he taught at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell