Roger Williams

Historical marker location:

North Kingstown, Rhode Island

( Marker is at the intersection of Post Road (U.S. 1) and Old Post Road on Post Road.)

Marker installed: 1934

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.