Wilkinson Mill, Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI
Summary
Significance: Representative example of an early 19th century mill, the Wilkinson Mill was one of the first mills in the United States to be steam powered. It is also one of the first mills in the country to produce worsted wool.
Survey number: HAER RI-2
Building/structure dates: 1810-1811 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1970 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000001
Tags
Date
1970
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Wilkinson, Oziel
Old Slater Mill Association
Wilkinson, David
Pawtucket Electric Light Company
Clement, Dan, transmitter
Boucher, Jack, photographer
Kulik, G B, historian
Location
Pawtucket, 41.88350, -71.38234
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html