In the heart of the Blackstone River Valley, Woonsocket is a thriving industrial community with a rich history founded on seventeenth-century saw and grist mills. Its nineteenth-century textile mills were a major force in the industrial revolution, and today its businesses meet the challenges of new ideas and new technology.
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In the heart of the Blackstone River Valley, Woonsocket is a thriving industrial community with a rich history founded on seventeenth-century saw and grist mills. Its nineteenth-century textile mills were a major force in the industrial revolution, and today its businesses meet the challenges of new ideas and new technology.
In the heart of the Blackstone River Valley, Woonsocket is a thriving industrial community with a rich history founded on seventeenth-century saw and grist mills. Its nineteenth-century textile mills were a major force in the industrial revolution, and today its businesses meet the challenges of new ideas and new technology.
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Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 12th August 2003
State: Rhode Island
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738512969
Format: Paperback
BISACs: PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Author Bio
In Woonsocket Revisited, Robert R. Bellerose, a noted Woonsocket historian and author of Arcadia Publishing's Woonsocket, has combined historic photographs with informative text to offer readers another opportunity to view and remember the past. Bellerose's writings on historical subjects concerning Woonsocket and the Blackstone River Valley have appeared in the Kent County Times, the Pawtucket Times, and many other publications. He also is a lecturer and tour guide for local historical societies.
In the heart of the Blackstone River Valley, Woonsocket is a thriving industrial community with a rich history founded on seventeenth-century saw and grist mills. Its nineteenth-century textile mills were a major force in the industrial revolution, and today its businesses meet the challenges of new ideas and new technology.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 12th August 2003
State: Rhode Island
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738512969
Format: Paperback
BISACs: PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
In Woonsocket Revisited, Robert R. Bellerose, a noted Woonsocket historian and author of Arcadia Publishing's Woonsocket, has combined historic photographs with informative text to offer readers another opportunity to view and remember the past. Bellerose's writings on historical subjects concerning Woonsocket and the Blackstone River Valley have appeared in the Kent County Times, the Pawtucket Times, and many other publications. He also is a lecturer and tour guide for local historical societies.
