Pawtucket, RI

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Pawtucket, Rhode Island is a city that was founded in 1671, at the strategic falls of the Blackstone River and the upper tidewaters of Narragansett Bay. It is a city with a special place in the industrial history of the United States. For it was here at the Slater Mill Historic Site that Samuel Slater successfully constructed and operated machines for spinning cotton yarn in 1793. Besides textiles, a variety of machines and iron working shops grew up alongside the textile industry.

Pawtucket is becoming known as a center for arts and culture. This reposted 2004 NY Times article describes the city’s efforts to attract artists as well as its continuing problems with red tape. The 2008 documentary Pawtucket Rising also chronicled the influx of artists and cultural activities into previously blighted areas of the city.

Each September, the city, in conjunction with members of the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, produces an annual Arts Festival. The city also hosts Riversing, an independently-produced, day-long musical event.

Pawtucket Rhode Island is also home to the Boston Red Sox’s AAA farm team the, Pawtucket Paw Sox.

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Places to eat:

Pawtucket House of Pizza: 398 Smithfield Ave, Pawtucket, RI.