As Slater's business and reputation grew for the better in the New World, he also gained a new reputation back in England as ...

The museum at 115 John Street has the preserved mill building, and 88 operating power looms recreate the factory floor.

Patterson Mill and Edgewood during a girls basketball game at Patterson Mill High School on Monday, Feb. 10. Edgewood's Lilly Smeltzer tries to get a shot off while pressured by Ava Ward, left ...

The Lowell Mill Girls labored in harsh conditions, worked long hours for low wages, and lived under strict factory rules. But they didn’t just accept their fate - they fought back.

THEY’RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON WHAT’S NEXT. MILL NUMBER FIVE. TUCKED INTO THE UPPER FLOORS OF AN OLD TEXTILE MILL IN THE HEART OF LOWELL, IS A MIX OF CLASSIC AMERICANA AND DIAGON ALLEY. FROM THE ...

The above transpired in the Lowell textile mills in 1836. One of the first victories for organized labor in the United States, the “Lowell girls” strike set a precedent for the major labor ...

Winters Mill’s Mele James, left, and Francis Scott Key’s Mckenzie Carr battle in the 140 weight class during a girls wrestling match at Winters Mill High School on Wednesday. (Brian Krista/Staff) ...

Mill No.5, an iconic shopping mall in Lowell, Massachusetts, to close doors in 2025 Lowell, MA - December 3: Mill No. 5 in Lowell. It is slated to close down permanently at the end of January 2025.

So did Paul Tsongas, who argued before Congress that Lowell’s textile mills, canals, and especially its generations of immigrant workers were important, not just to Lowellians, but to the nation.

Between 1828 and 1850, Lowell’s population grew from 3,500 to 35,000. In 1860, approximately 62 percent of Lowell’s textile workers were immigrants, half of whom were Irish.