• The Slater Mill (yellow) and Wilkinson Mill (stone), along the Blacktone River in Pawtucket RI

    Blackstone River Valley

    National Heritage Corridor MA,RI

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Child mill workers

Children as young as age six were hired to work in the textile mills of the Blackstone River Valley.  These adolescent workers were employed by the Lonsdale Company, c. 1912.  Photos such as this helped lead to the passage of child labor laws.