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Sep 11, 2007 - Lowell
September 11, 2007 This morning we are off to Lowell to see the Lowell National Historical Park. Lowell was born as a grand experiment that changed how Americans lived and worked. Capitalists tapped the energy of the falls of the Merrimack River to turn thousands of textile machines. Young Yankee women and immigrant families came here to turn out millions of yards of cloth. From their labors grew America's first industrial city. In the early 1800's Francis Cabot Lowell observed British techniques for weaving textiles and with the aid of...
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