"Almost a Riot"-Irish Labor & Working Conditions on the Canals & Railroads

154 Moody Street,Waltham MA 02453

07 April, 2022

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Mill Talk: “Almost a Riot”: Irish Labor & Working Conditions on the Canals & Railroads Kate Viens, PhD, Dir. of Education, Chas.River Museum It’s Francis Cabot Lowell’s birthday! Join us at the 1814 mill site where Lowell and his peers pioneered the integrated cotton manufacturing that served as the model for the Lowell, MA industry. Learn what it was like to build the canals and early railroads, and how Irish workers rose up to challenge low wages and unsafe working conditions. Their experiences gave these men and their families an enduring place in American life. Space is limited. Proof of vaccination and face masks required. This program will also be livestreamed on the museum’s YouTube Channel. Located on the scenic banks of the Charles River in the historic 1814 Boston Manufacturing Company textile mill, CRMII is on the National Register of Historic Places as America’s first factory. Hands-on exhibits feature American innovation and invention from 1812 to the present day, with exhibits on Waltham’s Boston Manufacturing Company, the Metz Company, the Waltham Watch Company, W.H. Nichols & Sons, and Orient bicycles from the Waltham Manufacturing Company.