A Mechanic's Life

Historical marker location:

67 Roosevelt Ave, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

( Marker is on Slater Street just east of Roosevelt Avenue, on the left when traveling west.)

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, Slater Mill Historic Site.

The Industrial Revolution started in Rhode Island in the late 1700s with the construction of Samuel Slater's cotton-spinning mill in Pawtucket, which became the first successful water-powered cotton mill in the United States.