BLACKSTONE RIVER SAFETY ALERT DUE TO HIGH AND FAST WATER
CONDITIONS ON THE BLACKSTONE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES, WE
STRONGLY RECOMMEND NOT GOING OUT IN CANOES OR KAYAKS OR OTHER
SMALL VESSELS ON THE RIVER UNTIL WATER LEVELS AND FLOW HAVE
RETURNED TO NORMAL. PLEASE BE SAFE! History & Culture Birthplace
of the American Industrial Revolution President Andrew Jackson:
Samuel Slater: “Yes Sir. I suppose that I gave out the psalm and
they have been singing to the tune ever since.” George S. White,
Memoir of Samuel Slater The Blackstone River Valley of
Massachusetts and Rhode Island is the “Birthplace of the
American Industrial Revolution,” the place where America made
the transformation from Farm to Factory. America’s first textile
mill could have been built along practically any river on the
eastern seaboard, but in 1790 the forces of capital, ingenuity,
mechanical know-how and skilled labor came together at
Pawtucket, Rhode Island where the Blackstone River provided the
power that kicked off America’s drive to in