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 Blackstone Cotton Manufacturing Company - Blackstone MA Posted by:  nomadwillie
N 42° 00.965 W 071° 32.545
19T E 289488 N 4654689
This is the last remaining building of the Blackstone Cotton Manufacturing Company, the Blackstone Depot. This served as a warehouse with unloading and loading on the upper level of the building from the elevated railroad tracks.
Waymark Code: WM143A4
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2021
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BLACKSTONE, 25.1 m. (town, alt. 190, pop. 4588, sett. 1662, incorp.
1845), was named for the Rev. William Blackstone, an Episcopalian
clergyman who was the first white settler on the banks of the river, also named for him. In 1809 the first cotton mill was established, followed by a woolen mill erected in 1814. The industrial growth of the town was rapid and reached its height in the second decade of the 20th century when the Blackstone Cotton Manufacturing Company attained a capitalization of $1,000,000 and the Laramac Mills of the American Woolen Company approximated this amount. Since 1924, however, the industrial development of Blackstone has retrogressed and today there is no manufacturing carried on. The inhabitants are employed, for the most part, in the near-by Rhode Island towns.
American-Guide-Series - Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, p. 606
This is the last remaining building of the Blackstone Cotton Manufacturing Company, the Blackstone Depot. This served as a warehouse with unloading and loading on the upper level of the building from the elevated railroad tracks. Interesting part of the building is the left wall is not at a right angle to the front wall.
Book: Massachusetts
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 606
Year Originally Published: 1937
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