Pawtucket Falls is a waterfall on the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The falls are located a half mile upstream from where the Blackstone flows into the Pawtucket River. The falls provided power for Samuel Slater’s cotton spinning mill, which was built in 1793 and is said to have been responsible for starting the Industrial Revolution in America.[citation needed]
Pawtucket Falls
Etymology
editPawtucket is an Algonkian word meaning "at the falls in the river (tidal stream)".[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Pawtucket, Rhode Island City Information - ePodunk". Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2014-12-18.