Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Lowell's "rebirth", partially tied to Lowell National Historical Park, has made it a model for other former industrial towns, although the city continues to struggle with deindustrialization and suburbanization. Lowell is considered the "Cradle of the American Industrial Revolution", [2] as it was the first large-scale factory town in the ...
The Lowell system, also known as the Waltham-Lowell system, was "unprecedented and revolutionary for its time". Not only was it faster and more efficient, it was considered more humane than the textile industry in Great Britain by "paying in cash, hiring young adults instead of children, and by offering employment for only a few years and providing educational opportunities to help workers ...
In 2012, The Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012 was added to the original legislation to allow for land within park boundaries to be exchanged with land owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the city of Lowell, or the University of Massachusetts building authority. Lowell National Historic Park is an originally ...
The Lowell Historic Preservation District is a historic district created by the legislation establishing Lowell National Historic Park.The district encompasses an area of more than 500 acres (200 ha), including virtually all of the historically significant resources associated with the industrial history of the city of Lowell, Massachusetts.
The Wamesit Canal-Whipple Mill Industrial Complex is a historic mill and canal at 576 Lawrence Street in Lowell, Massachusetts.This industrial area of Lowell, located on the Concord River, underwent a major expansion from a more modest millworks in the mid-19th century by Oliver Whipple, a manufacturer of gunpowder.
Atlas of the City of Lowell, Massachusetts. L.J. Richards & Co. 1896 – via State Library of Massachusetts. The Lowell Book, Boston: G.H. Ellis, 1899, OCLC 14177988, OL 6997495M; Published in the 20th century. Atlas of the City of Lowell, Massachusetts. L.J. Richards & Co. 1906 – via State Library of Massachusetts. "Lowell" . Encyclopædia ...
February 2, 1995 (812 Gorham St. 8: Chelmsford Glass Works' Long House: Chelmsford Glass Works' Long House: January 25, 1973 (139–141 Baldwin St. 9: City Hall Historic District
The South Common Historic District of Lowell, Massachusetts, encompasses the city's South Common and the various public, religious, and private residential buildings that flank its borders. The South Common, about 22.5 acres (9.1 ha) in size, was purchased by the city in 1845 in an auction by the Proprietors of Locks and Canals , who owned much ...