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Excerpt from Lowell the Story of an Industrial City A Guide to Lowell National Historical Park and Lowell Heritage State Park Lowell MassachusettsThe citys brick mills and canal network were however signs of a new human domination of nature in America Urban Lowell contrasted starkly with the farms and villages in which the vast majority of Americans lived and worked in the early 19th cen tury Farming was largely a matter of accommoda tion to the natural world Mill owners prospered by regimenting that world They imposed a regularity on the workday radically different from the normal routine Mills ran an average of 12 hours a day 6 days a week for more than 300 days a year Only when it suited them did the owners follow seasonal rhythms operating the mills longer in summer but in winter extending the day with whaleoil lampsLowells canals depended on water drawn from a river but to use the Merrimack as efficiently as possible the mill owners dammed it even ponding water overnight for use the next day Anticipating seasonal dry spells they turned the rivers watershed into a giant millpond They were aggressive in pur chasing water rights in New Hampshire storing water in lakes in the spring and releasing it into the Merrimack in the summer and fallDamming alone would not have created enough power to run the mills Lowells industrial life was sustained by naturally falling water At Pawtucket Falls just above the Merrimacks junction with the Concord the river drops more than 30 feet in less than a mile a continuous surge of kinetic energy from which the mills harnessed over horse power Without the falls there would have been no textile production no LowellPawtucket Falls had long been the focus of human activity in the area If the tumbling water meant power to European settlers to the nearby Pennacook Indians it was a source of food Neighboring tribes regularly met at the falls in the spring to reap the bounty of the annual runs of salmon and sturgeon While Indians planted cr0ps near their villages they did not possess the land or own it individually as the English did They moved about with the seasons leaving themselves open to encroachment by settlerswho coveted their land With the incorporation of Chelmsford in 1655 a permanent English presence was established near the Pennacook villages Con flict and displacement soon followedAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. During graduate school at Emerson College struggled with professor who immediately showed disdain towards me One day walked in as she announced Today were going to watch documentary on Lowell Massachusetts Thats where Im from cried with my lowcut je Dickens, the Mill Girls, and . the Making of. A Christmas Carol. Diana Archibald, U. Mass, Lowell, for conceiving of and coordinating the Dickens in America conference in 2002 and the Dickens in Massachusetts exhibit at the Lowell National Historic Park in 2012 and for organizing the lecture series that ran in conjunction with the exhibit.. Homework: Read article on the “Lowell Girls” and write 3 comparisons with todays class or summarize in your own words (4 Sentences). Do Now: Take out your homework and share your definition of the Monroe Doctrine . When manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work.. Samuel Slater. Builder of the first water powered textile mill in America.. Factory System. Method of production using many workers and machines in one building.. Created by Alice Frye, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. 1. Steps in this tutorial. 1) State the goal of this tutorial. 2) What is paraphrasing. 3) Quoting and paraphrasing in writing. Firm Name Lowell Financial Limited. Period Covered . 1. st. January 2018 to 30. th. June 2018. Names Covered Lowell Financial Limited & Lowell Portfolio I Ltd. *Includes . complaints in relation to the underlying debt that has been purchased but not complaints about the collection of that . APA format. Created by Andrea Dottolo, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. 1. Steps in this tutorial. 1) State goals of this tutorial. 2) Difference between a citation and a reference. it?. Encyclopedias. Created by Andrea . Dottolo. , Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. 1. 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