Sneak Peek!

I wanted to post some images from my presentation on here in case I go quickly through them during my  presentation!

These are the boardinghouses that were near the Boott Mill.
Many of the boarding houses were demolished or were burnt to the ground. The Lowell Heritage State Park has built replicas of many of the boardinghouses. 

This is a map of the canal system in 1845

If you wanna check out some volumes of THE VOICE OF INDUSTRY go to this website: http://www.voiceofindustry.info/   I <3 it! 

The great and mighty clock tower is pictured here. The concept of keeping time and working on a schedule was difficult for the new Mill girls to adjust to. Having their lives run by a clock and bell was the hardest part. 

Many images that were produced by the mill were not accurate. If a picture had actually been taken there would have been lint particles flying all over (it would have looked like snow) and it would have been a very dark surrounding. 

The regulations had to be kept by the women or termination of their employment would have been likely. It would have been most difficult to be watched constantly by a keeper.