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Lowell National Historical Park
Park Handbook

park history includes:

Park Handbook
 
 
  1. Prologue
  2. Seeds of Industry
  3. Lowell's Southern Connection
  4. The Industiral Revolution in England 
  5. Pawtucket and Middlesex Canals 
  6. Making Textiles 
  7. The Waltham-Lowell System 
  8. Lowell Machine Shop
  9. Lowell's Canal System
  10. Water Power
  11. Mill Power Drivers
  12. Power Looms 
  13. The Mill Girls 
  14. The Boardinghouse System
  15. Immigrant Communities
  16. Working Conditions
  17. Products of the Mills
  18. Lowell's Other Industry 
  19. Decline and Recovery 
  20. The Rebirth of Lowell
  21. Jack Kerouac
Students weaving on floor looms at Lowell National Historical Park  

Did You Know?
The Tsongas Industrial History Center is a collaborative project of the University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Education and the National Park Service at Lowell National Historical Park. Over 60,000 school children per year experience curriculum based education programs at the park & Center.
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Last Updated: September 14, 2007 at 08:58 EST