Falls Pawtucket

The Falls, Pawtucket River, And Mills, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Drawn from Ballou’s Pictorial

The original engraving was published in Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, June 30, 1855. The Falls on the Pawtucket River then were a prominent feature of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The area was a hub for mills and industrial activity, the falls provided power for early industrial development, including Samuel Slater’s mill, which is credited with starting America’s Industrial Revolution.