Slatersville
Slatersville is a village and a US Registered Historic District within the city of North Smithfield in Rhode Island , United States , on the Branch River .
Slatersville was founded in 1803 by entrepreneurs Samuel and John Slater , who bought land there to set up a textile factory. In the period that followed, a small town emerged. Many of the houses were built in the first half of the 19th century, giving you a taste of historic New England today . The place remained in the possession of the Slater family until 1900 when it was sold.
The original factory building burned down in 1826 and was then replaced by the structure that still exists today.
literature
- Hadassah Davis and Natalie Robinson: History You Can See - Scenes of Change In Rhode Island 1790-1910 . Published by the League of Rhode Island Historical Societies, Providence 1986.
- Working Water - A Guide to the Historic Landscape of the Blackstone River Valley . Published by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Rhode Island Parks Association, 1987.
- Walter Nebiker: The History of North Smithfield . New England History Press, Somersworth, NH 1976.
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Coordinates: 42 ° 0 ′ 1 ″ N , 71 ° 34 ′ 47 ″ W.