• In 1955, it opened as a museum. Restoration of the nearby Wilkinson Mill (built 1810–1811) was completed in 1978 as part of the Slater Mill site.[5].
  • In December 1789, Brown hired Samuel Slater , a recent immigrant from England. Slater had spent the past seven years working in an English textile mill.
  • Over a century, OSMA expanded the site to include the 1810 Wilkinson Mill, the 1758 Sylvanus Brown House, Hodgson-Rotary Park, and Slater Mill Park.
  • This is an undated postcard that reads “The Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket, R.I. The first cotton-spinning mill successfully operated in America.”
  • Known as the Slater Mill, it was the first water powered textile mill in America. The original mill was six windows wide and two and ½ stories tall.
  • What happened at Slater’s Mill? Slater established his first mi in 1790 on the Blackstone River in Rhode Island. It was one of the first factories in the United State.
  • Slater Mill opened as the first working water-powered mill in the country in 1793. This marked the birth of the American Industrial Revolution.
  • A view of Slater Mill on the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, around 1897. Image from An Illustrated History of Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Vicinity (1897).
  • Built in 1793, Slater Mill was America's first water-powered textile mill, bringing the Industrial Revolution to the United States.
  • Founded in 1921, OSMA supports the preservation and interpretation of the 1793 Old Slater Mill, and the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park.