Allendale Mill is a historic mill in North Providence, Rhode Island

North Providence, Rhode Island

North Providence is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 32,078 at the 2010 census.The town has the distinction of being the smallest by area in the smallest state . Though at only , the city of Central Falls is Rhode Island's smallest municipality...

 on the banks of the Woonasquatucket River

Woonasquatucket River

The Woonasquatucket River is a river in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows approximately and drains a watershed of 130 km² ....

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The mill was built in 1822 by John Holden Greene for Zachariah Allen

Zachariah Allen

Zachariah Allen was an American textile manufacturer, scientist, lawyer, writer, inventor and civil leader from Providence, Rhode Island...

. The mill had various fire safety devices that were advanced for the time, including "heavy fire doors, sprinkler system, rotary fire pump,and copper-riveted fire hose to be used in American textile mills. In addition, Allen built a heavy fire wall separating the picker room (filled with highly flammable cotton fibers) from the rest of the mill and set the roofshingles in mortar."http://www.providenceri.com/history/publications/providence-industrial-sites/Prov-Ind-33-44.pdf

The mill's 6 buildings over 50 acres (202,343 m²) were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island