Lowell’s water-powered textile mills catapulted the nation – including immigrant families and early female factory workers – into an uncertain new industrial era. Nearly 200 years later, the changes that began here still reverberate in our shifting global economy. Explore Lowell, a living testament to the dynamic human story of the industrial revolution.
What you’ll hear
16 places to explore in this park.
- "Agapetime" Sculpture
- "Homage to Women" Sculpture
- "Jack Kerouac Commemorative" Sculpture
- Kirk Street Agents House
- Mechanics Hall
- Merrimack House
- Nesmith Building
- Old City Hall
- Patrick J Mogan Cultural Center
- "Pawtucket Prism" Sculpture
- Site of the Second Universalist Church
- St. Anne's Episcopal Church
- "Stele for the Merrimack" Sculpture
- Suffolk Mill Turbine Exhibit
- "The Lowell Sculptures: One, Two, and Three" Sculptures
- "The Worker" Sculpture
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