The Valley Falls Mill is a historic

textile mill Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...

complex on Broad Street in

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. The complex consists of the primary mill building, a large Italianate brick four-story building erected in 1849, several outbuildings. a dam across the

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, and a portion of the original canal system which provided water power to the mill. The outbuildings include the gatehouse controlling waterflow into the canals, a small stuccoed office building now serving as a retail establishment, and a brick bathhouse built c. 1870 that stands just south of the mill race. The complex originally had a second mill building and power canal; that building was destroyed by fire, and its canal was filled in.National Register nomination for Valley Falls Mill Amendment (Bath House and Office, reference number 78000013), available by requested from the National Park Service The main mill building was developed as housing in the late 1970s, including a sympathetic replacement for the second mill building. The complex was listed on the

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in 1978.

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Buildings and structures in Central Falls, Rhode Island Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island 1849 establishments in Rhode Island Industrial buildings completed in 1849 {{ProvidenceCountyRI-NRHP-stub

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