Wood cut of large mill with smokestack

Working In Whitinsville

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park

  • 45 - 90 minutes
  • 13 tour stops

Welcome to Whitisnville, one of six sites that make up Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park. Whitinsville is a historic village located in Northbridge, Massachusetts. During your tour of this community, you will see how a small family business grew into the Whitin Machine Works, an industrial giant. Today, various buildings from the company’s evolution still stand. They are a reminder of the decades of labor that made this place successful.

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