Downtown in Manchester in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire — The American Northeast (New England)
Amoskeag Mills
Erected by New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources. (Marker Number 124.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the New Hampshire Historical Highway Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1793.
Location. 43° 0.068′ N, 71° 28.027′ W. Marker is in Manchester, New Hampshire, in Hillsborough County. It is in Downtown. Marker is at the intersection of Canal Street and West Pentacook Street, on the right when traveling north on Canal Street. The marker is located at the southeast corner of the US Army National Guard Armory parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Manchester NH 03101, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Notre Dame Bridge (approx. 0.6 miles away); Manchester NH General Pulaski Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ralph Baer (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Historic Currier Neighborhood (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Mill Girl (approx. 0.6 miles away); St. Mary's Bank Credit Union / La Caisse Populaire Saint-Marie (approx. 0.7 miles away); Manchester NH Victory Park War Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Manchester NH Iwo Jima/Rene Gagnon Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manchester.
Also see . . . Voices Of A Vanished Amoskeag | American History Lives at American Heritage. Labor history is too often told in one of two equally unsatisfactory ways—in the icy language of economics, or in the fiery rhetoric of ideologues. Either way, the real people get overlooked. The story of the mighty Amoskeag textile mills at Manchester, New Hampshire, for example, is most often seen simply as a textbook case of industrial paternalism trying to outlive its time. (Submitted on June 16, 2013, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia.)
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