![]() Pawtucket in 1886 viewed from the steeple of the Pawtucket Congregational Church Incorporation Hasbro, one of the world's largest manufacturers of toys and games, is headquartered in Pawtucket. ![]() Today, goods produced in the city include lace, non-woven and elastic woven materials, jewelry, silverware, metals, and textiles. Pawtucket retained much of its industrial base, however. Later in the 20th century, Pawtucket began to lose some of its architectural heritage to the wrecking ball, including the Leroy Theatre. The textile business in New England declined during the Great Depression, with many manufacturers closing or moving their facilities to the South where operations and labor were cheaper. Many wealthy mill owners such as Darius Goff built their mansions in the area. Perhaps the most impressive public building in Pawtucket was the Leroy Theatre, an ornate movie palace that was called "Pawtucket's Million Dollar Theater". The city had a half-dozen movie theaters, two dozen hotels, and an impressive collection of fine commercial and residential architecture. Other manufacturers continued, transforming Pawtucket into a center for textiles, iron working, and other products.īy the 1920s, Pawtucket was a prosperous mill town. Slater constructed and operated machines for producing yarn. Slater Mill is known for developing a commercially successful production process not reliant on earlier horse-drawn processes developed in the United States. Samuel Slater built the Slater Mill in 1793 on the Blackstone River falls in downtown Pawtucket, which was the first fully mechanized cotton-spinning mill in the United States. Pawtucket was an early and important center of cotton textiles during the American Industrial Revolution. Also around this time, Oziel Wilkinson and his family set up an iron forge that made anchors, nails, screws, farm implements, and cannons. Other settlers followed Jenks, and the area became home to manufacturers of muskets, linseed oil, potash, and ships by 1775. The entire town was destroyed during King Philip's War. He purchased about 60 acres near Pawtucket Falls in 1671, then established a sawmill and forge. who came to the region from Lynn, Massachusetts. ![]() The first settler here was Joseph Jenckes Jr. American Indians would catch the salmon and smaller fish that gathered at the falls. The Pawtucket region was said to have been one of the most populous places in New England prior to the arrival of European settlers. Pawtucket in 1886 viewed from the steeple of the Pawtucket Congregational Church ![]()
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