2020.025.012

This book covers New England’s textile industrial history. It addresses the beginnings and technology of the mills, as well as explores the social history of the mill workers. In this book the machines of the mills can be found with descriptions and illustrations to demonstrate how they worked. It also covers the significance of the hydro power of the Merrimack River. The life and work of the mill girls is addressed and their relationship with an industrial New England. This book reveals how technology enhanced through the years and how New England’s economics changed. Many cities are addressed like: Lowell, Lawrence, and Manchester. One is able to capture the labor force created by the mills. It also demonstrates illustrations and photographs of modern New England and the decline of the mill industry.