Fall River, Its Rise and Progress; 1803-1876: With Valuable Statistical Tables, From Official Sources (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Henry Hilliard Earl

9780267890842: Fall River, Its Rise and Progress; 1803-1876: With Valuable Statistical Tables, From Official Sources (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0267890842 ISBN 13: 9780267890842

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Discover how Fall River grew from a small village into a booming cotton-manufacturing city with powerful river energy, rapid mill-building, and a unique cooperative twist.

This book presents a historical sketch of Fall River, Massachusetts, detailing its rise as a center for cotton manufacture. It explains how hydraulic power, a strong river system, and strategic location helped the city attract mills, workers, and wealth, reshaping the region over decades.

Learn how the river and dam systems powered mills and how turbine and steam power changed the older water wheels.
See the scale of growth, from a handful of mills and dwellings to dozens of mills employing thousands.
Understand the cooperative approach that allowed workers to own shares and share in the profits.
Browse a timeline of key events, population changes, and the evolution of the city’s boundaries and governance.

Ideal for readers of local history, industrial history, and 19th-century American urban development.

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