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Slatersville, Rhode Island

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pattern. Many of the houses around the Green were built by the Slater company in 1810-20. They were substantially renovated earlier in the 20th century to make Slatersville look more like a traditional New England Village. At the head of the Green stands the Slatersville Congregational Church, a
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steepled Greek revival building, which houses the oldest continuously operated Sunday School in America. The Slater family owned the village until 1900 when it was sold to
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The region was originally settled in the 17th century by British colonists as a farming community. The village was founded in 1803 by entrepreneurs
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Stone Arch Bridge, built in 1857, over the Branch River near the Slatersville mills. It replaced a wooden bridge built around 1800.
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written by Hadassah Davis and Natalie Robinson and published by the League of Rhode Island Historical Societies, Providence, 1986.
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line terminating in Slatersville near a steel distributor by the Slater Mill, rather than its former endpoint in Pascoag.
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published by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Rhode Island Parks Association, 1987.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Working Water - A Guide to the Historic Landscape of the Blackstone River Valley
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island
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Main, Green, Church, and School Sts. and Ridge Rd., Slatersville, Rhode Island
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National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island
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was built through the village, and the line was later acquired by the
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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History You Can See - Scenes of Change In Rhode Island 1790-1910
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Slatersville: America’s First Mill Village documentary series
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Slatersville, Rhode Island is located in Rhode Island
Slatersville, Rhode Island is located in the United States
41°59′53″N 71°34′57″W / 41.99806°N 71.58250°W / 41.99806; -71.58250
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Branch River
North Smithfield
Rhode Island
United States
historic district
National Register of Historic Places
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
North Smithfield Public Library
Samuel Slater
John Slater
Slater family
Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad
Providence and Worcester Railroad
freight rail

Samuel
John Slater
Almy and Brown
textile mill
village green
New England
James R. Hooper
Henry P. Kendall

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