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Pawtucket Falls

Pawtucket Falls is a waterfall on the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The falls provided power for Samuel Slater’s cotton spinning mill, which was built in 1793 and is said to have been responsible for starting the Industrial Revolution in America.


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