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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190Y_the-rule-of-the-bell_Lowell-MA.html
High above the courtyard of the Boott Cotton Mills stands a clock tower, crowned by a street bell. The bells chimed six times each day, summoning workers to and from their machines. In the new industrial cities of America, the factory bell replace…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190X_life-on-the-corporation_Lowell-MA.html
Lowell's first company-owned boardinghouses were built across the canal in 1823, to house young women workers from rural New England.
Neat rows of boardinghouses once lined the streets of Lowell. The companies hoped that a moral, clean, and saf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190W_the-birth-of-an-industrial-city_Lowell-MA.html
The opening of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company on this site in 1823, marked the beginning of America's first industrial city.
The Merrimack was the largest of Lowell's mill complexes. By 1848, it employed over 2,000 workers and produced mor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190V_st-annes-church_Lowell-MA.html
Shortly after the Merrimac Mills opened in 1823, the owners built this church to help attract young women workers from rural New England villages, and farms.
Mill agent Kirk Boott oversaw the church's construction. Its Gothic style was derived …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18X7_irish-labor_Lowell-MA.html
Irish laborers were vital in digging and maintaining the canals. The mills required a smooth and even flow of water to ensure efficiency and profit.
Before 1850, Yankee mill managers considered Irishmen fit to dig canals and construct mills, bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WX_debating-slavery_Lowell-MA.html
By the late 1840's, slavery was a defining political issue in northern cities. The topic was hotly debated in Lowell and created unlikely political alliances.
Abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison visited Lowell as early as the 1830's and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WU_steam-railroads-in-new-england_Lowell-MA.html
Steam Railroads in New England had their beginnings in the Charter granted the Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation-June 5, 1830-First, train operated June 24, 1835-This centennial tablet placed opposite the site of the first depot by the Boston a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WR_street-of-lighting_Lowell-MA.html
The Boston and Maine Railroad, completed in 1835, was New England's first steam railroad. In the Lowell Offering, a "mill girl" wrote that people expected to see a "street of lightning" when the railroad arrived.
The continuing prosperity of i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WK_merrimack-st-depot_Lowell-MA.html
This corner was the hub of Lowell activity from 1835 when the B&L Railroad opened, through the 19th century. The passenger depot stood here; in 1835 it was replaced by an Italianate style building which combined city offices, public meeting halls …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18T2_welcome-to-lowell-national-historical-park_Lowell-MA.html
The Park tells the human story of the American Industrial Revolution and the changing role of technology in a 19th and 20th century setting.