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Canal Development in Lowell: 1796 - 1848 Flash
Waterpower Demonstration Flash
Boott Cotton Mills Museum Weave Room Flash
Guard Locks Flash
Kerouac Commorative Quicktime Video
Lowell Flood, Spring 2006 Flash
Mill Girls & Immigrants Exhibit Flash
Pawtucket Gatehouse Flash
Swamp Locks Flash
Suffolk Mill Turbine Flash

 
 
 

Kerouac's Lowell Quicktime player required (35 MB)
Photo of mill workers outside of a Boardinghouse  

Did You Know?
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.
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