Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Pawtucket is a city located in Providence County, Rhode Island. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 72,958.

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Providence County, Rhode Island - 2000

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Pawtucket is home to the Pawtucket Red Sox, a minor-league baseball team; the longest professional baseball game in history was played at McCoy Stadium. Pawtucket has a long history of professional baseball.

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Pawtucket Red Sox - Longest professional baseball game in history - McCoy Stadium - Long history

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Hasbro, the world's second-largest manufacturer of toys and games, also calls the city home.

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Hasbro - Toys - Games

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Pawtucket was the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. Slater Mill, built in 1790 by Samuel Slater on the Blackstone River in downtown Pawtucket, was the first commercially successful cotton-spinning mill with a fully mechanized power system in America.

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Industrial Revolution - Slater Mill - Samuel Slater - Blackstone River

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