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Slater Mill, RI
6 for himself and his friends at the
end of the 19th century. Two more
MAP E4 • 67 Roosevelt Ave,
Pawtucket • 401 725 8638 • Open generations of artists worked here
Mar–Apr & Nov: 11am–3pm Sat–Sun; before the property passed into the
May–Jun & Sep–Oct: 10am–4pm Tue– care of the National Park Service.
Sun; Jul–Aug: 10am–4pm daily • Adm
Hancock Shaker Village,
• www.slatermill.org 9
Dating from 1793, Slater Mill was the MA
first successful cotton-spinning mill MAP B2 • 1843 W. Housatonic St, Rte
in the United States. The ingenuity 20, Pittsfield • 413 443 0188 • Open
of the early machinery, which was mid-Apr–late Jun: 10am–4pm daily;
driven by water power transmitted late Jun–Oct: 10am–5pm daily • Adm
through giant flapping leather belts, • www.hancockshakervillage.org
will fascinate engineering buffs. Learn about the artful skills of the
Shakers at this settlement founded
in 1790. The iconic 1826 Round Stone
Barn perfectly encapsulates their
ability for making things both
functional and beautiful.
Lowell National
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Historical Park, MA
MAP F2 • Visitor Center: 246 Market
St, Lowell; 978 970 5000 • Open mid-
Mar–Nov: 9am–5pm daily; call for
Canterbury Shaker Village winter and tour hours • Adm
• www.nps.gov/lowe
Canterbury Shaker
7 Lowell launched the Industrial
Village, NH
Revolution in the United States,
MAP M5 • 288 Shaker Rd, Canterbury and this urban park preserves the
• 603 783 9511 • Open mid-May–Oct: city’s network of canals and many
10am–5pm daily; call for winter tour of its 19th-century textile mills.
hours • Adm • www.shakers.org The racket of the mighty water-
Founded in 1792, Canterbury was powered looms operating in the
a working Shaker village into the 1864 Boott Cotton Mill gives a
1960s. Demonstrations and real sense of what it was like to
workshops teach you about work here.
Shaker skills and ideals,
while informative daily 0 km 50 VERMONT 93 MAINE Brunswick
tours of original Shaker 0 miles 50 Hanover
buildings include fond Rutland 89 Laconia Portland
anecdotes of the sect’s 87 NEW Kennebunk
final generation. 7 Green Mountains 91 HAMPSHIRE Ogunquit
Weir Farm
8 Brattleboro Manchester Lawrence
National
Nashua
Historic Site, CT Albany Pittsfield Fitchburg 95 Atlantic
Ocean
MAP B6 • 735 Nod Hill Rd, MASSACHUSETTS Boston
Wilton • 203 834 1896 7 Worcester 90
• Open May–Oct: 10am– 44 Springfield
4pm; grounds open Providence 6
dawn–dusk year-round Hartford RHODE New Bedford
• www.nps.gov/wefa CONNECTICUT 95 ISLAND
The painter J. Alden Weir New London Newport Martha’s
New
(1852–1919) made this Haven Vineyard Nantucket
Island
rustic farm into a retreat

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