Slater Mill Welcome Video

Old Slater Mill was America's first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill and arguably the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. Learn about the complex history of this site, and the places you can visit.

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I toured this site in the 1980's. Well worth the visit. Rhode Island in itself has so much of America's History. Many parts of this State are a Living Time Capsule of early history. Bill Romjue, former Rhode Island resident 1978-1992.

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It would happen sooner or later.
To the cotton demand we would cater.
For the first working mill, the credit will still
Go to Rhode Islander Samuel Slater. --------Limerick Rex