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Arkwright is a village in the northeastern corner of Coventry, Rhode Island touching Cranston and Scituate, now connected by Route 115. In the 1700s the Remington family owned a large parcel of land in the area, and the village became known as "Remington’s Run."
The Slater Mill is a historic water-powered textile mill complex on the banks of the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, modeled after cotton spinning mills first established in England. It is the first water-powered cotton spinning mill in America to use the Arkwright system of cotton spinning as developed by Richard Arkwright .
The bridge was built in 1888 by Dean & Westbrook for the Town of Coventry and the Interlaken Mills [3] (later known as the Arkwright Mills). It is the longest surviving 19th century truss bridge in Rhode Island, [4] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The Interlaken Mill Bridge is an historic bridge spanning the Pawtuxet River at the site of the former Arkwright and Interlaken mill complexes in Coventry, Rhode Island.The lenticular pony truss bridge was built in 1885 by the Interlaken Corporation to provide a direct connection between the mill sites, having recently (1883) acquired the Arkwright property.
By 1810, Slater held part ownership in three factories in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In 1823, he bought a mill in Connecticut. He also built factories to make the textile manufacturing machinery used by many of the region's mills and formed a partnership with his brother-in-law to produce iron for use in machinery construction.
The Arkwright mill was introduced to America by migrants from England, many of whom were unskilled. Among them was Samuel Slater who was from the Derwent Valley [39] and an apprentice of Jedediah Strutt. [40] He founded Slater Mill at Pawtucket, Rhode Island. [41]
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Interlaken Mill Bridge: Interlaken Mill Bridge: December 22, 1978 : Spans the Pawtuxet River at Arkwright: Coventry: 11: Moosup River Site (RI-1153) December 10, 1987 : Address Restricted: Coventry: 12: Paine House