• Boott Cotton Mills Museum with Trolley

    Lowell

    National Historical Park Massachusetts

Lowell Notes

Lowell Notes

Lowell Notes

Lowell Notes are historic sketches of the people and places which make up the stories of Lowell National Historical Park
 
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Lucy Larcom Writer, teacher, poet pdf
Nathan Appleton Boston Associate pdf
Sarah Bagley
 Mill worker and activist
 pdf
Boarding House Boarding house system for employees pdf
Kirk Boott Mill manager in early Lowell pdf
James B. Francis Industrial leader in early Lowell pdf
Harnessing Water Development of waterpower and canals pdf
Patrick Tracy Jackson Boston Associate pdf
Abbott Lawrence Boston Associate pdf

Did You Know?

Photo of mill workers outside of a Boardinghouse

There were female and male overseers in the mills of Lowell in the 19th century. In Rev. Henry Miles' book, Lowell As It Was, and As It Is, he mentions that the Boott Cotton Mills has recently opened a new weave room and it is being overseen by two women overseers. More...