Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
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Where is Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA? Woonsocket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. Woonsocket lies directly south of the Massachusetts state line.
Woonsocket Falls Village was founded in the 1820s. Its fortunes expanded as the Industrial Revolution took root in nearby Pawtucket. With the Blackstone River providing ample water power, the region became a prime location for textile mills. Woonsocket as a town was not established until 1867 when three villages in the town of Cumberland, namely Woonsocket Falls, Social and Jenckesville, officially became the town of Woonsocket. By this time the beginnings of the French Canadian emigration had definitely been felt.
In 1871, three additional industrial villages in Smithfield, Hamlet, Bernon and Globe, were added to the town establishing its present boundaries. Woonsocket was incorporated as city in 1888.Wikipedia
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
View of Blackstone River near Pumping station
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
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Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
Soldiers Monument, Main Street, Woonsocket, R. I.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
North Main St. and St. James Hotel, Woonsocket, R.I.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
Globe Bridge and Blackstone River, Woonsocket, R. I.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
Dedication of State Armory, Woonsocket, R. I.
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1840s - French Canadians Recruited from Quebec to Work in Mills
French Huguenots, Dexter and George Ballou, were pioneers in Woonsocket's textile industry. As the...Read MORE...
French Huguenots, Dexter and George Ballou, were pioneers in Woonsocket's textile industry. As the...Read MORE...
1868 - Fire at Woonsocket.A fire was discovered in the large brick storage and dry-house owned by Messrs. WARD and HARRIS, in ...Read MORE...
1869 - A Woonsocket (R.I.) man offers $100 reward for the detection of the poisoner of his three pet kittens.St Joseph Herald
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January 23, 1869
1869 - Extensive Fire in Woonsocket, R. I., - Estimated Loss $100,000.WOONSOCKET, Wednesday, June 2. The most extensive fire that ever occurred in this village took...Read MORE...
1872 - The first French-Canadian parish in Woonsocket was "Precieux Sang" - Precious Blood Church - established 1872.
www.woonsocket.org/ french.html
www.woonsocket.org/ french.html
1874 - LOSSES BY FIRE. DESTRUCTION OF THE SOCIAL MILLS IN RHODE ISLAND - LOSS $700,00 TO $800,000.The Social Mills, in Woonsocket, R. I., running 50,000 spindles and 1,000 looms on cotton goods,...Read MORE...
1875 - FIRE IN WOONSOCKET, R. I.About 1 o'clock yesterday morning an attempt was made to burn the mansion of George C. Bolton, in...Read MORE...
1882 - LARGE FIRE IN WOONSOCKET. A DEPOT AND SEVERAL STORES DESTROYED - LOSS ABOUT $100,000.BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 25. - A special from Woonsocket, R. I., says: "A fire broke out at 2:30 A. M....Read MORE...
1883 - LOSSES BY FIRE. The Woonsocket Hotel Partly Burned, The Escape of the Guests.WOONSOCKET, R. I., Sept. 29. - The Woonsocket hotel, owned by Cook, Mason & Co., was damaged to the ...Read MORE...
1894 - Mill FireWoonsocket, R. I., Sept. 18. - There was what threatened to be a serious fire this afternoon in the ...Read MORE...
1899 - ExplosionWOONSOCKET, R. I., May 7. - Not only were all the buildings connected with the Woonsocket Driving...Read MORE...
1900 - By 1900, sixty percent of Woonsocket's population was French-Canadian and Woonsocket was the most French city in the United States.
www.woonsocket.org/ french.html
www.woonsocket.org/ french.html
1906
Woon'sock'et, a city of Providence co., R.I., is situated at the northern boundary of the state, on ...Read MORE...
Woon'sock'et, a city of Providence co., R.I., is situated at the northern boundary of the state, on ...Read MORE...
1955 - RHODE ISLAND DAM BURSTS.Woonsocket, R. I., (AP) - This industrial city of 50,000, third largest in Rhode Island, was under...Read MORE...
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