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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27U6_quiet-as-the-grave_Lowell-MA.html
In 1864, the Lowell Daily Courier reported that "all the cotton manufactories of any importance in this city have been quiet as the grave."
The outbreak of the Civil War severed the supply of slave-produced cotton. Many of Lowell's corporations g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27TZ_suffolk-mill_Lowell-MA.html
The original Suffolk Mill buildings, constructed in 1831, were razed and rebuilt during the idle business years of the Civil War. Only the 1831 counting house survives. The company merged with the Tremont Mills across Suffolk Street in 1871, and n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27TP_blending-old-and-new_Lowell-MA.html
Wannalancit Mills blended the old with the new. Formed in the late 1920s, Wannalancit moved into the aging Suffolk Mills two decades later and adapted surplus machinery for the production of new types of fabrics—rayon, polyester, and acrylic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1915_stele-for-the-merrimack_Lowell-MA.html
Site: Tremont Yard at Western Canal. Material: Bronze and granite. A stele is a standing stone or slab with textured or inscribed surfaces which serves as a monument. This sculpture commemorates the wide variety of life generated by the Merrimack …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1914_keepers-of-the-gate_Lowell-MA.html
The productivity of thousands of millworkers depended on the skill of gatekeepers like those who worked here at Tremont Gatehouse. By opening and closing sluice gates inside the small brick structure, the gatekeeper controlled the flow of water an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWMU_francis-folly_Lowell-MA.html
Engineer James B. Francis knew that the city of Lowell needed protection from floods. He studied the Merrimack River and understood the dangers of flooding introduced by the canals flowing through the city. The Guard Locks controlled the normal fl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS6Q_the-great-gate_Lowell-MA.html
"It is awful to think of what would have been the inevitable result if the new works had not been constructed .?.?. A mighty and uncontrollable river would have swept through the heart of Lowell, destroying everything in its course."???Boston Dail…