Lowell’s water-powered textile mills catapulted the nation, including immigrant families and early female factory workers, into an uncertain new industrial era. Nearly 200 years later, the changes that began here still reverberate in the shifting global economy. Lowell stands as a living monument to the dynamic human story of the Industrial Revolution.

Photo: NPS Photo/ Andy Pearson

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Photo: NPS Photo/Andy Pearson

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Photo: NPS Photo