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The communities that dotted the northeastern landscape reflected an economy that was heavily industrial and urban. The Industrial Revolution, which greatly accelerated urban growth, was introduced into southern New England at the beginning of the 19th century, with factories utilizing abundant local waterpower resources. Lowell, Massachusetts, was the epitome of a factory town. In 25 years the city grew exponentially, and by 1850 had a population of 30,000, making it the nation’s largest industrial community. Thirteen textile mills, depicted in the marginal illustrations, provided the focus of this industrial activity. Paradoxically, the raw material supplying Lowell’s factories, creating its wealth, was cotton from the American South. The factories first employed local single women, but eventually they were replaced by Irish immigrants in the 1830s and 1840s.
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Document identity
localId
wd3761962
label
Plan of the city of Lowell, Massachusetts
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
wd3761962
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan of the city of Lowell, Massachusetts
description
The communities that dotted the northeastern landscape reflected an economy that was heavily industrial and urban. The Industrial Revolution, which greatly accelerated urban growth, was introduced into southern New England at the beginning of the 19th century, with factories utilizing abundant local waterpower resources. Lowell, Massachusetts, was the epitome of a factory town. In 25 years the city grew exponentially, and by 1850 had a population of 30,000, making it the nation’s largest industrial community. Thirteen textile mills, depicted in the marginal illustrations, provided the focus of this industrial activity. Paradoxically, the raw material supplying Lowell’s factories, creating its wealth, was cotton from the American South. The factories first employed local single women, but eventually they were replaced by Irish immigrants in the 1830s and 1840s.
date
["1850"]
year
1850
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_003612
creators
Sidney & Neff
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Lowell (Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Lowell
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Middlesex
city
Lowell
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Philadelphia
publisher
S. Moody
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.6333
schema:longitude
-71.3167
extent
1 map : col. ; 85 x 91 cm.
notes
Includes 22 views of buildings in border.
"Printed by F. Kuhl, Philada."
"N. Friend's Lith."
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no
dcId
wd3761962
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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5367676ea910b7d2