Tag: Industrial Revolution

Lowell National Historical Park, Massachusetts (2015)

June 14, 2015

America’s self-image is founded in part on the nation’s rapid rise to industrial preeminence by World War I. While there is no single birthplace of industry, Lowell’s planned textile mill city, in scale, technological innovation, and development of an urban working class, marked the beginning of the industrial transformation of America. Visitors can see today … More Lowell National Historical Park, Massachusetts (2015)

The History of Strathglass Park, Rumford, Maine (2007)

December 2, 2007

“The Strathglass Park neighborhood in Rumford Falls (listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974) was designed as one of the earliest and finest examples of mill worker housing in the country.” –Strathglass Park, Maine Preservation By Jennifer S. Norris In the late nineteenth century, Hugh J. Chisholm, entrepreneur and millionaire, climbed out … More The History of Strathglass Park, Rumford, Maine (2007)