Pawtucket, RI Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

In 1793, Samuel Slater used technology surreptitiously imported from England to shove Rhode Island into the industrial age. His landmark Old Slater Mill is still in operation, in suburban Pawtucket. A ten-minute drive north to exit 28 on I-95, the Slater Mill Historic Site , on Roosevelt Avenue, also includes in its museum of the Industrial Revolution the 1810 Wilkinson Mill and the 1758 Sylvanus Brown House (June–Nov Mon–Sat 10am–5pm, Sun noon–5pm; Dec to late April Sat & Sun 1–3pm; $7). more »