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The Blackstone Valley or Blackstone River Valley is a region of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It was a major factor in the American Industrial Revolution. It makes up part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor.
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  • 2. Twin River Casino Lincoln Rhode Island
    Twin River Casino, previously Lincoln Greyhound Park, is a casino and former race track in Lincoln, Rhode Island. The facility has over 160,000 square feet of gaming space, with over 4,200 video slot machines and virtual table games, as well as 108 live table games, including a gaming mix of blackjack, roulette, craps, poker and more. Other amenities include an 29,000-square-foot event center, four restaurants, three food courts, several bars, and a racebook. Twin River offers both smoking and non-smoking casinos. In December 2015 Twin River opened its first poker room with 16 live cash games. they offer No limit, limit, and stud games in various amounts. The poker room is open 24 hours.
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  • 4. Slater Mill Museum Pawtucket
    The Slater Mill is a historic textile mill complex on the banks of the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, modeled after cotton spinning mills first established in England. It is the first water-powered cotton spinning mill in North America to utilize the Arkwright system of cotton spinning as developed by Richard Arkwright. Samuel Slater, the mill's founder, apprenticed as a young man in Belper, England with industrialist Jedediah Strutt. Shortly after immigrating to the United States, Slater was hired by Moses Brown of Providence, Rhode Island to produce a working set of machines necessary to spin cotton yarn using water power. Construction of the machines was completed in 1793, as well as a dam, waterway, waterwheel, and mill. Manufacturing was based on Richard Arkwright's cott...
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  • 6. Blackstone River Bikeway Cumberland Rhode Island
    The Blackstone River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 48 mi and drains a watershed of approximately 540 sq. mi . Its long history of industrial use has left a legacy of pollution, and it was characterized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1990 as the most polluted river in the country with respect to toxic sediments.
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  • 7. Lincoln Woods State Park Lincoln Rhode Island
    Lincoln is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 21,105 at the 2010 census. Lincoln is located in northeastern Rhode Island, north of Providence. Lincoln is part of the Providence metropoliton statistical area and the Greater Boston combined statistical area. Lincoln was settled in the 17th century and several colonial stone-enders still exist in the town. Lincoln Woods State Park is located within the town. Limestone quarrying has occurred there since colonial times at the village of Lime Rock. Lincoln was a part of the town of Smithfield until 1871, when it was split off and named in honor of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln became an important mill town in the late 19th century, with many textile factories running along the Blackstone River. Lincoln's vill...
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  • 9. Museum of Work and Culture Woonsocket
    The Museum of Work and Culture is a museum in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, that features exhibits focusing on the city's textile manufacturing heritage. The museum is operated by the Rhode Island Historical Society and located at 42 South Main Street in Market Square in the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor.
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  • 10. St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center Woonsocket
    St. Ann's Church Complex is now a historic cultural center in Woonsocket, Rhode Island on Cumberland Street. It was formerly a Roman Catholic church within the Diocese of Providence.
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