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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 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.
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.
Rhode Island counties (clickable map) This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island. As of May 29, 2015, there are more than 750 listed sites in Rhode Island. All 5 of the counties in Rhode Island have listings on the National Register.
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
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 mill was the first Arkwright mill in mainland Europe. [38] The techniques for spinning cotton developed in the Derwent Valley were also spread to America. In 1790, the United States had fewer than 2,000 spindles which were powered by spinning jennies , compared to 2.4 million machine driven spindles in Britain at the same time.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.