Crompton is a community in West Warwick,

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, United States. It is named after

Samuel Crompton Samuel Crompton (3 December 1753 – 26 June 1827) was an English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry. Building on the work of James Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright, he invented the spinning mule, a machine that revolutionised th ...

, inventor of the

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. The Crompton Mill was set up in 1807, on the east bank of the

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, and is thought to be the first stone mill built in

. The original structure still stands on the original site, although extensive modifications to add a further two stories by 1881 were carried out, allowing for the production of

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and print cloth at the site. Crompton is home to Old St. Mary Church, the oldest Roman Catholic church building in the state of Rhode Island, built in 1844.

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Villages in Kent County, Rhode Island West Warwick, Rhode Island Villages in Rhode Island {{RhodeIsland-geo-stub

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