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Woonsocket (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 071 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -71.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Blackstone river just S of Massachusetts border; settled by R Arnold who built sawmill in 1666; cotton-spinning mill set up to utilize water power in 1810, plant to spin wool built in 1840; many residents are of French-Canadian descent. |
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| Woonsocket (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name probably derived from Amerindian word "miswosakit," meaning "at the very steep hill" or "thunder mist" |
| Woonsocket Falls (C,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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Amerindians lived in area before it was settled by Europeans in 1666; later became part of Cumberland & Smithfield |
| city (C) |
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incorporated in 1867 |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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primarily for textiles, also produces footwear, electronic products, machinery & machine tools, & rubber & plastic goods |
| power production center (C) |
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