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The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor follows the Blackstone Valley from Worcester to Providence, Rhode Island.The corridor follows the course of the Industrial Revolution in America from its origin at the Slater Mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island as it first spread north along the valley to Worcester, Massachusetts, and then to the rest of the nation.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park is a National Park Service unit in the states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.The park was created for the purpose of preserving, protecting, and interpreting the industrial heritage of the Blackstone River Valley and the urban, rural, and agricultural landscape of that region.
Transportation of goods from the upper Blackstone Valley was a growing concern by 1818. Teamsters drove huge wagons of textile goods to Woonsocket and to Worcester. [3] John Brown, a Providence Merchant, envisioned the Blackstone Canal from the late 18th century.
A map of the region. The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor is a National Heritage Corridor dedicated to the history of the early American Industrial Revolution, including mill towns stretching across 25 cities and towns (400,000 acres (1,620 km 2) in total) near the river's course in Worcester County, Massachusetts, and Providence County, Rhode Island.
It is run by the non-profit Blackstone Parks Conservancy in partnership with the Providence Parks Department. [1] [2] The park is situated on the west bank of the tidal Seekonk River, the northernmost part of Narragansett Bay tidewater. The park lies within the watershed and wildlife corridor of the Blackstone River Valley.
The Blackstone Valley Tribune is a weekly newspaper in the towns of Northbridge, Douglas, and Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The Blackstone Valley Tribune was established in May 1983. [ 1 ] The Blackstone Valley News Tribune/Advertiser was established in the 1950s by Warren Roundy.
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The town is today part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, New England's, historic National Park area. [6] Burrillville was home to many historic mills, many of which have either been burned, demolished, abandoned or renovated.