Blackstone River

E445300

river

The Blackstone River is a historically significant river in New England that played a key role in the American Industrial Revolution, flowing through Massachusetts and Rhode Island before emptying into Narragansett Bay.

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Label	Occurrences
Blackstone River canonical	25

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
associatedWith	Pawtucket, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Slater Mill NERFINISHED ⓘ
basinArea	approximately 1,400 square kilometers ⓘ approximately 540 square miles ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
conservationStatus	subject of restoration and cleanup efforts ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Providence County, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Worcester County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
emptiesInto	Narragansett Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
environmentalIssue	industrial pollution ⓘ
flowsThrough	Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsPartOf	Blackstone River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park NERFINISHED ⓘ John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBridge	Albion Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCanal	Blackstone Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTributary	Mill Brook NERFINISHED ⓘ Moshassuck River NERFINISHED ⓘ Pawtuxet River NERFINISHED ⓘ Quinsigamond River NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key role in the American Industrial Revolution ⓘ site of early water-powered textile mills ⓘ
knownAs	birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
length	approximately 48 miles ⓘ approximately 77 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Blackstone, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Falls, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Cumberland, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Grafton NERFINISHED ⓘ Millbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Millville NERFINISHED ⓘ New England ⓘ Northbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Pawtucket, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Uxbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Woonsocket, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Worcester NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
mouthLocation	Providence River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Northeastern United States ⓘ
sourceLocation	Worcester County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Worcester, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
tributaryOf	Providence River NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	canoeing ⓘ fishing ⓘ industrial water power ⓘ recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Providence County, Rhode Island → contains → Blackstone River ⓘ

Pawtucket → locatedOnRiver → Blackstone River ⓘ

Narragansett Bay → receivesRiver → Blackstone River ⓘ

Blackstone Valley → follows → Blackstone River ⓘ

Blackstone Valley → primaryRiver → Blackstone River ⓘ

Blackstone Valley → namedAfter → Blackstone River ⓘ

Woonsocket, Rhode Island → locatedOnRiver → Blackstone River ⓘ

Central Falls → traversedByRiver → Blackstone River ⓘ

Cumberland → traversedBy → Blackstone River ⓘ

subject surface form: Cumberland, Rhode Island

Albion → locatedOnRiver → Blackstone River ⓘ

subject surface form: Albion, Lincoln, Rhode Island

Albion → waterPowerSource → Blackstone River ⓘ

subject surface form: Albion, Lincoln, Rhode Island

Lonsdale → locatedOn → Blackstone River ⓘ

Ashton → hasGeographicalFeature → Blackstone River ⓘ

Ashton → locatedOn → Blackstone River ⓘ

Ashton → watercourse → Blackstone River ⓘ

Albion Historic District → locatedOnWaterbody → Blackstone River ⓘ

Central Falls Mill Historic District → borders → Blackstone River ⓘ

Blackstone River watershed → drainedBy → Blackstone River ⓘ

Blackstone River watershed → contains → Blackstone River ⓘ

Valley Falls → locatedOnRiver → Blackstone River ⓘ

Valley Falls → hasWaterBody → Blackstone River ⓘ

Valley Falls Mill Historic District → locatedOnWaterbody → Blackstone River ⓘ

Blackstone River State Park → locatedAlong → Blackstone River ⓘ

Blackstone River State Park → hasNaturalFeature → Blackstone River ⓘ

Lincoln → traversedByRiver → Blackstone River ⓘ

subject surface form: Lincoln, Rhode Island