Lowell, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1826 to serve as a mill town and was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, a local figure in the Industrial Revolution. The city became known as the cradle of the American Industrial Revolution, due to a large series of textile mills and factories. Many of the Lowell's historic manufacturing sites were later preserved by the National Park Service to create Lowell National Historical Park.

Lowell, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1826 to serve as a mill town and was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, a local figure in the Industrial Revolution. The city became known as the cradle of the American Industrial Revolution, due to a large series of textile mills and factories. Many of the Lowell's historic manufacturing sites were later preserved by the National Park Service to create Lowell National Historical Park.

Lowell, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1826 to serve as a mill town and was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, a local figure in the Industrial Revolution. The city became known as the cradle of the American Industrial Revolution, due to a large series of textile mills and factories. Many of the Lowell's historic manufacturing sites were later preserved by the National Park Service to create Lowell National Historical Park.

The Lowell Power Canal System is the largest power canal system in the United States, at 5.6 miles in length. The system's estimated output is 10,000 horsepower, operating six major canals on two levels, controlled by numerous gates. The system was begun in the 1790s, beginning its life as a transportation canal called the Pawtucket Canal. By the late 1840s, Lowell's canal system was producing as much power as possible. However, the Chief Engineer of Locks and Canals devised the Northern Canal and the Moody Street Feeder, to increase the capacity of, and availability of water to various parts of, the whole system. The Canal System and the Gatehouse were designated a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the ASCE in 1984 and a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the ASME in 1985 and are part of Lowell National Historical Park.

View of Frederickburg showing Excelsior Mills located near the railway bridge after the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862.

Note on the reverse reads, "Dennis Salt Works about 1865 (?) These very crude little windmills raised the salt water up to the evaporating basins. The crank is wood. This is written in black ink which at once turns this color due to some chemical residue left in photostat".

Destroyed during the American Civil War, the Confederates burned areas of Richmond on 2 April 1865 to prevent the Union Army from taking them. The flour mill fell victim. This photograph is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.13.

A page from "Picturesque America" Volume 2 (1894) with a colourised engraving of Fairmount Water-works, Philadelphia, USA.

A page from "Picturesque America" Volume 2 (1894) with a colourised engraving of Old Mill, Reem's Creek, North Carolina.

Family details and photographs, mostly copies.

American turbine catalogue

Letter seems to be to G Russell, from Geo T Russell. Perhaps linked to the release of funds from his mother's will?

Cutting from 'The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular', discussing the layout, machinery and processes of roller mills, and their associated fire risks. This article is a continuation of DUFF-SBK-001 which was written a month earlier, on 15 January 1885. This article is directly continued in DUFF-SBK-003, which is the next page of the article from this same circular.

The first two cuttings deal with an automatic sprinkler used in the Shawmut wood pulp mill, New England, USA. The third cutting discusses the sprinklers and insurance for Resolution Mill, Tyldesley, and the last three cuttings are on a discussion in the Canadian Miller about Air Bolters.

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