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Center for Lowell History, 40 French St., Lowell, MA, Phone Number: 978-934-4998

Digital Oral History. The University of Massachusetts Lowell, Center for Lowell History has coordinated dozens of Oral History Projects featuring the City of Lowell resulting in hundreds of interviews. We are pleased to introduce online many transcribed interview from our Oral History 
Collection. 
Factory Bell, Lowell, MA  

Did You Know?
The factory bells dominated daily life in Lowell. They woke the workers at 4:30 a.m., called them into the mill at 4:50, rang them out for breakfast and back in, out and in for dinner, out again at 7 p.m. at the day's close. The whole city, it seemed, moved together and did the mills' bidding.

Last Updated: September 09, 2008 at 14:09 EST