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National Park Service hopes to attract more tourists to Slater Mill
The National Park Service officially owns the Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark District in Pawtucket after a property transfer was completed last week. (Breeze photo by
Melanie Thibeault )
PAWTUCKET – It’s official: The National Park Service is now in control of the Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark District in Pawtucket after a transfer of the property was completed last week, and NPS leaders say they’re excited to begin drawing more tourists to the area.
With the transfer from the nonprofit Old Slater Mill Association, the property is now officially part of the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, and the NPS will now own and operate the three historic buildings on the property, including the 1793 Old Slater Mill, the 1810 Wilkinson Mill, and the 1758 Sylvanus Brown House. Also included in the transfer are the approximately 3 acres of land surrounding the struc
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Chuck Arning, Public Historian, PHOTO:
Chuck Arning, an award-winning public historian with nearly twenty-five years’ experience as an interpretive ranger with the National Park Service, will present a talk entitled: “How Hard Would it be to Dig a Ditch Anyhow? - How the Irish Saved the Blackstone Canal”
The Museum of Newport Irish History announces this presentation as the fourth talk in its 19th Annual Michael F. Crowley Lecture Series, to be presented “virtually” on Tuesday, March 16 at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom.
Rhode Islanders were excited about building the Blackstone Canal and saw it as a major employment opportunity. However, canal construction proved more difficult than originally thought and Rhode Islanders in 1824 struggled to build it.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST