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Central Falls Mill Complex in 1971. Now titled The Central Falls Mill Historic District, the complex includes a collection of six mill buildings that display pre- to post- Civil War construction examples and a stone dam that impounds the Blackstone…

An aerial view of a planned community. Planned communities became popular in the 1960s throughout the United States. Planned communities typically made deliberate use of land that was previously unoccupied.

An aerial view of a planned community. Planned communities became popular in the 1960s throughout the United States. Planned communities typically made deliberate use of land that was previously unoccupied.

  The Rouse Company, a development firm headed by James Rouse, is responsible for the creation of Columbia, Maryland. The community consists of ten self-contained villages which were established in the late 1960s.  (date of photograph has been…

  Seen here is the development taking place in Pawtucket and Blackstone Mill. Also seen here is the dumping that’s going on along the Blackstone River. To the right is a view of the triple deckers in Pawtucket. 

  Seen here is the Apex center along the Blackstone River. In the far back Slater Mill and Wilkinson Mill can also be seen.