Section of the former Boott Cotton Mill

Lowell National Historical Park is a National Historical Park of the United States located in Lowell, Massachusetts. Established in 1978, it is operated by the National Park Service and comprises a group of different sites in and around the city of Lowell related to the era of textile manufacturing in the city during the 19th century. Section of the former Boott Cotton Mill in the Lowell National Historical Park (taken Sept. ... Section of the former Boott Cotton Mill in the Lowell National Historical Park (taken Sept. ... National Historical Park or National Historic Park is a designation for a protected area in the United States that has national historic significance and consists of more than single properties or buildings. ... Ruins of abandoned mill along the Merrimack River in downtown Lowell Lowell is a city located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States Federal Government agency that deals with all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation properties with various designations. ... Textile is also a kind of ReStructured Text. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History of the Park

See the Lowell, Massachusetts article for a detailed history of the city Ruins of abandoned mill along the Merrimack River in downtown Lowell Lowell is a city located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ...

First settled by whites in the 17th century, Lowell became an important manufacturing center along the Merrimack River in the early 19th century with the construction of several canals linking the Merrimack to the Charles River, which flows through Boston. Unlike many other mill towns, however, Lowell's manufacturing facitilities were built based on a planned community design. Specifically Lowell was planned as reaction to the mill communities in Great Britain, which were perceived as cramped and inhumane. Initially the factories of Lowell were built with ample green space and accompanying clean dormitories, in a style that anticipated such later architectural trends as the City Beautiful movement in the 1890s. Lowell attracted both immigrants from abroad and migrants from within New England and Quebec (including a large proportion of young women) who lived in the dormitories and worked in the mills. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... The Merrimack River, formed by the confluence of the Pemigewasset River (left) and Winnipesaukee River (right) is shown on a map of the northeastern United States The Merrimack River (sometimes spelled Merrimac River, an earlier name that is sometimes, although unofficially, used today) is a 110-mile-long (177-kilometer... Charles River in Cambridge The Charles River is a small, relatively short Massachusetts river that separates Boston from Cambridge and Charlestown. ... Nickname: Beantown, The Hub, Athens of America Location in the state of Massachusetts Founded  -Incorporated September 17, 1630  1820, as a city County Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 232. ... Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... The City Beautiful movement was a Progressive reform movement in North American architecture and urban planning that flourished in the 1890s and 1900s with the intent of using beautification and monumental grandeur in cities to counteract the perceived moral decay of poverty-stricken urban environments. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that color in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... Modern New England, the six northeastern-most states of the United States, indicated by red The New England region of the United States is located in the northeastern corner of the country. ... During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ...

The mill industry in Lowell went into a steep decline in the middle 20th century and by the 1960s, the city's manufacturing district was largely in ruins. Urban renewal plans called for the paving over of the canals. The idea of creating a historic district in Lowell was largely the idea of local teacher Patrick J. Mogan, whoinsisted that any revitalization of the city should be based on its industrial and ethnic heritage. Morgan believed that this was the soul of the city—and not incidentally, a key to its economic salvation. As a result, group of community organizations began cooperating on a comprehensive plan to renovate the historic heart of the city. In 1978, the United States Congress established Lowell National Historical Park and the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission. The legislation to create the park was sponsored by United States Senator and Lowell native Paul Tsongas. The restoration gathered momentum in the 1980s, including the renovation of the canals and former mill facilities into museums, as well as the construction of a waterfront walkway. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1960s. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Paul Efthemios Tsongas Paul Efthemios Tsongas (February 14, 1941–January 18, 1997) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the United States Democratic Party. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

Description

Patent model for loom in the Visitor Center

The park includes a Visitor's Center, as well as many restored and unrestored sites from the 18th century. The Visitor's Center provides a free self-guided tour of the history of Lowell, including display exhibits such as the patent model of a loom by local inventor S. Thomas. S. Thomas patent model for loom in the Visitors Center of Lowell National Historical Park in Lowell, Massachusetts (taken Sept. ... S. Thomas patent model for loom in the Visitors Center of Lowell National Historical Park in Lowell, Massachusetts (taken Sept. ... A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of an invention. ... LOOM running in ScummVM LOOM is a graphical adventure game, originally released in 1990, published by LucasArts (known at the time as Lucasfilm Games). ... A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of an invention. ... LOOM running in ScummVM LOOM is a graphical adventure game, originally released in 1990, published by LucasArts (known at the time as Lucasfilm Games). ...

A footpath along the Merrimack Canal from the Visitor's Center is lined with plaques describing the importance of various existing and former sites along the canal. The Boott Mill along the river, the most full restored manufacturing site in the district, provides a walk-through museum with living recreations of the textile manufacturing process in the 19th century. The walking tour includes a detour the memorial to local author Jack Kerouac, who described the mid-20th century declined state of Lowell in several of his books. A walkway along the river leads to several additional unrestored mill sites, providing views of restored and unrestored canal raceways once used by the mills. Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, artist, and one of the most prominent members of the Beat Generation. ... The Canal du Midi in Toulouse, France Canals are man-made waterways, usually connecting existing lakes, rivers, or oceans. ... A raceway may be: a synonym for racetrack a type of open conduit This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

See also

• Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures

The Great Falls of the Passaic River, showing the turbine housing of the S.U.M. dating from 1911 The Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.) was a private state-sponsored corporation founded in 1791 to promote industrial development along the Passaic River in New Jersey...

External link

• National Park Service site
• Images of Lowell, MA / National Park