David Wilkinson (January 5, 1771 – February 3, 1852) was a U.S. mechanical engineer who invented a lathe for cutting screw threads, which was extremely important in the development of the machine tool industry in the early 19th century.
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86-535: A Fortune 1000 toy and game making company, is headquartered in Pawtucket. Many healthcare, retail and insurance companies are headquartered in Pawtucket. Fox Point Pickles, a pickling company, is headquartered in Pawtucket. The City of Pawtucket has been supportive of the arts community since 1975. On September 2, 1977, the Beach Boys performed a concert at Narragansett Park attended by 40,000 people,
129-546: A few parts. David Wilkinson's lathe is often compared to Henry Maudslay's which is believed to have been invented a few years before Wilkinson's. Maudslay's lathe used change gears which allowed it to cut threads of various pitches, without which Wilkinson's could only cut a fixed pitch. Wilkinson's lathe could handle heavier work. In 1810, the present-day Wilkinson Mill was built near their existing rolling and slitting mill and Slater's cotton mill. Three and one-half stories tall and constructed from field stones, it contained
172-512: A half-dozen movie theaters, two dozen hotels, and an impressive collection of fine commercial and residential architecture. Perhaps the most impressive public building in Pawtucket was the Leroy Theatre , an ornate movie palace that was called "Pawtucket's Million Dollar Theater". Many wealthy mill owners such as Darius Goff built their mansions in the area. In 1922, it was affected by the 1922 New England Textile Strike , shutting down
215-528: A household in the city was $ 28,124, and the median income for a family was $ 40,578. Males had a median income of $ 31,129 versus $ 23,391 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 17,008. About 14.9% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 24.5% of those under age 18 and 15.2% of those age 65 or over. According to the 2000 census, 20.6% of Pawtucket residents are French or French-Canadian. Like nearby cities Providence, Fall River , and New Bedford , Pawtucket hosts
258-721: A machine shop in the mill. He produced machinery and tools for the leather and jewelry industries. A braiding company would occupy the second and third floors between 1884 and 1901. The Wilkinson Mill was later sold to the Pawtucket Electric Lighting Company. It was also used as a furniture warehouse during the 20th century. The Wilkinson Mill was restored in the early 1970s as part of the Slater Mill Historic Site in Pawtucket, Rhode Island . The watermill site currently features
301-482: A machine shop on the first floor and cotton spinning mill on the upper floors. In 1829, during a depression in the textile industry, David Wilkinson was forced to sell his mills. He left Rhode Island settling initially in Cohoes, New York . In 1831 the mill was sold to William Field and Thomas LeFavour. The mill would later be used to produce woolen and knitted textiles. Between 1873 and 1887 Lorenzo P. Bosworth operated
344-525: A recording studio and art gallery in Downtown Pawtucket. Bands that have performed or recorded here include Battles , Lightning Bolt , Brown Bird , and Fang Island . One hub for arts and culture in the city is Lorraine Mills, a repurposed mill building on the eastern side of the city, which houses institutions including Mixed Magic Theatre , Wage House (comedy club), Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, and Crooked Current Brewery. Each September,
387-417: A sawmill and forge. The entire town was destroyed during King Philip's War . Other settlers followed Jenks, and the area became home to manufacturers of muskets, linseed oil, potash, and ships by 1775. Also around this time, Oziel Wilkinson and his family set up an iron forge that made anchors, nails, screws, farm implements, and cannons. By the 1920s, Pawtucket was a prosperous mill town. The city had
430-485: A significant population from across the former Portuguese Empire (11.6%), including a significant Cape Verdean population. Pawtucket is also one of the few areas of the United States with a significant Liberian population, mostly refugees from Charles Taylor 's regime; Rhode Island has the highest per capita Liberian population in the country. Pawtucket has a high concentration of West Africans. Hasbro ,
473-471: A similar fate. David Wilkinson (machinist) David Wilkinson was born at Smithfield, Rhode Island in 1771, the son of Oziel Wilkinson, a skilled blacksmith who moved his family to Pawtucket in the 1780s. About 1784, his father, Oziel began making anchors in Pawtucket for the emerging shipbuilding industry. The shop was powered by water from the Blackstone River , and was located on
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#1732765586465516-617: A small all-girls Catholic high school in the Fairlawn neighborhood. The city also has three Catholic elementary schools: St. Cecilia School, St. Teresa School and Woodlawn Catholic Regional School. Pawtucket is served by several RIPTA local bus routes plus the R-Line . Pawtucket/Central Falls station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line opened on January 23, 2023, replacing
559-474: Is a rival of William E. Tolman. The two schools took part in a Thanksgiving Day football game that was played in McCoy Stadium for over 70 years, though game is no longer played. William E. Tolman now competes annually against its fellow Pawtucket public high school Charles E. Shea, rather than against St. Raphael Academy, a private Catholic high school. Pawtucket was home to Bishop Keough High School ,
602-482: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pawtucket, Rhode Island Pawtucket ( / p ə ˈ t ʌ k ɪ t / puh- TUK -it ) is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island . The population was 75,604 at the 2020 census , making the city the fourth-largest in the state. Pawtucket borders Providence and East Providence to
645-632: Is directed by the Pawtucket School Department and contains these schools: The Quality Hill section of Pawtucket is home to St. Raphael Academy . It is a private college preparatory school founded on the basis of St. John the Baptist de la Salle. "Saints" is a small school consisting of roughly 500 students with a student to teacher ratio of about 15:2. The "Saints and Lady Saints" are very successful in sports including baseball, football, basketball, and softball. St. Raphael Academy
688-714: Is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km ) of it (2.89%) is water. Pawtucket lies within three drainage basins. These include the Blackstone River (including the Seekonk River), the Moshassuck River and the Ten Mile River . The 2020 United States census counted 75,604 people, 31,565 households, and 17,202 families in Pawtucket. The population density was 8,723.2 per square mile (3,368.0/km ). There were 33,832 housing units at an average density of 3,903.5 per square mile (1,507.2/km ). The racial makeup
731-556: The Algonquian word for "river fall." The Pawtucket region was said to have been one of the most populous places in New England prior to the arrival of European settlers. American Indians would catch the salmon and smaller fish that gathered at the falls. The first settler here was Joseph Jenckes Jr. who came to the region from Lynn, Massachusetts . He purchased about 60 acres near Pawtucket Falls in 1671, then established
774-416: The 31,565 households, 29.4% had children under the age of 18; 32.4% were married couples living together; 34.8% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 33.5% of households consisted of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.6 and the average family size was 3.2. The percent of those with a bachelor's degree or higher
817-561: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts . In 1874, the land west of the river was taken from North Providence and added to the town of Pawtucket, but it acted as two different towns. Finally in 1886, West and East Pawtucket were merged and the city was incorporated. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 9.0 square miles (23 km ), of which, 8.7 square miles (23 km ) of it
860-442: The age of 18 and 14.4% of those ages 65 or over. As of the census of 2010, there were 71,141 people, 32,055 households, and 18,508 families residing in the city. Pawtucket was the fourth most populous of Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns. The population density was 8,351.2 inhabitants per square mile (3,224.4/km ). There were 32,055 housing units at an average density of 3,642.2 per square mile (1,406.3/km ). The racial makeup of
903-421: The arsenals and armories of the United States." The report went on to say 'Wilkinson was the "true and undisputed author" of the lathe, and that it was "indispensable" for making firearms, and that public armories used 200 lathes based on the invention. The report recommended a $ 10,000 reward, which he was given. Wilkinson failed to generate much income from his lathe. Records exist for the sale of one lathe and
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#1732765586465946-500: The city include lace, non-woven and elastic woven materials, jewelry, silverware, metals, and textiles. Hasbro , one of the world's largest manufacturers of toys and games, is headquartered in Pawtucket. Originally, the land west of the Blackstone River was part of nearby North Providence , and east of the Blackstone River was originally settled as part of Rehoboth, Massachusetts . The first Pawtucket to be incorporated
989-545: The city was 50.4% Non-Hispanic white , 18.9% Non-Hispanic African American , 0.6% Native American , 1.6% Non-Hispanic Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , mixed race 3.9%, 4.7% other. About 25% of residents are Latino. There were 32,055 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.7% were married couples living together, 16.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.4% were non-families. Of all households, 32.3% were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who
1032-766: The city, in conjunction with the Pawtucket Arts Festival Board of Directors, members chosen from the community, produce an annual citywide Arts Festival. Pawtucket is home to McCoy Stadium , where the Pawtucket Red Sox , the Triple-A Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, played from 1970 to 2020. The team was owned by Ben Mondor until his death and was sold by his estate. The longest professional baseball game in history, 33 innings,
1075-483: The cotton machinery built by Mr. Slater was done with hand chisels or tools in lathes turned by cranks with hand power. In 1793 Slater's operations were moved from a clothier's shop near the Pawtucket Falls to a new mill, which today is part of the Slater Mill Historic Site . In 1795 Oziel Wilkinson built a rolling and slitting mill just south of Slater's cotton mill. Both mills were powered with water from
1118-453: The former station that closed in 1981. Interstate 95 and U.S. 1 also traverse the western part of Pawtucket. Some of the slowest posted speeds on I-95 are in the city due to the "S-curves" near downtown. To preserve certain buildings in the city, planners snaked I-95, creating sharp bends in the highway. Pawtucket's Downtown Circulator was a one-way loop through downtown; it is similar to British concepts of ring roads . A similar concept
1161-399: The grounds of the present-day Slater Mill Historic Site . In 1790, Samuel Slater and his partners were interested in building a textile spinning mill in Pawtucket he sought the assistance of David Wilkinson and his father Oziel to produce the machinery for his new mill. They produced iron forgings and castings for Slater's carding and spinning machines. [A]ll the turning of the iron for
1204-422: The importance of Wilkinson's invention, for which the patent had expired in 1812: "Being left open to general use, an invention so vastly important in its character could not fail to be sought after, not only in the public at large, but also by agents of the government engaged in the fabrication of arms of various descriptions; and hence we find the gauge and sliding lathe was early introduced and made use of by all
1247-529: The importance of Wilkinson's lathe: "worth all the other tools in use, in any workshop in the world, for finishing [machining] brass and iron" On the versatility of his lathe Wilkinson said: "The weighted side, the joint made by gravity, applies to planing, turning, and boring of metals of every kind, and in every way." An 1848 report from the Committee on Military Affairs to the U.S. Senate highlighted
1290-539: The largest concert audience in Rhode Island history. In 2017, music historians Al Gomes and Connie Watrous of Big Noise were successful in getting the street where the concert stage stood (the corner of 511 Narragansett Park Drive) officially renamed as "Beach Boys Way". In January 1999, Herb Weiss , of the Planning Department, was hired to oversee the city's newly created Arts District. Through
1333-422: The median household income was $ 52,902 (with a margin of error of +/- $ 3,574) and the median family income was $ 66,544 (+/- $ 2,789). Males had a median income of $ 39,641 (+/- $ 1,932) versus $ 31,646 (+/- $ 1,286) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $ 35,243 (+/- $ 1,022). Approximately, 11.4% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line , including 20.1% of those under
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1376-725: The mills in the city over an attempted wage cut and hours increase. The textile business in New England declined during the Great Depression , with many manufacturers closing or moving their facilities to the South where operations and labor were cheaper. Later in the 20th century, Pawtucket began to lose some of its architectural heritage to the wrecking ball, including the Leroy Theatre. Pawtucket retained much of its industrial base, however. Today, goods produced in
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1462-427: The same trench. Textile machinery manufacturer and scientific writer Zachariah Allen had the following to say about Wilkinson's lathe in 1861: “It has to this day proved the most effective tool placed within the control of mankind for shaping refractory metals and for accomplishing the triumph of mind over matter. The slide engine is employed in the great machine shops of America and Europe.” Ross Tompson (2009) on
1505-554: The south, Central Falls and Lincoln to the north, and North Providence to the west. The city also borders the Massachusetts municipalities of Seekonk and Attleboro . Pawtucket was an early and important center of textile manufacturing. It is home to Slater Mill , a historic textile mill recognized for helping to found the Industrial Revolution in the United States . The name "Pawtucket" comes from
1548-443: The support of then Mayor James E. Doyle and Planning Department Michael Cassidy, Weiss brought significant recognition for Pawtucket-Arts oriented development strategy. Mayor Doyle and Weiss hired researcher Ann Galligan, of Northeastern University, to create an arts and cultural plan. Over the years Pawtucket has become a center for arts and culture. Several experimental/indie rock bands have recorded albums at Machines with Magnets,
1591-562: The team will play at a soccer-specific stadium along the Seekonk River . The team is headquartered in Pawtucket. In 1934, the Narragansett Park opened for Thoroughbred horse racing . Until its closure in 1978, the track hosted several important races that drew some of the top horses from around the United States including Hall of Fame members; Seabiscuit , War Admiral and Gun Bow . Public education in Pawtucket
1634-415: Was 49.59% (37,492) white or European American (45.54% non-Hispanic white ), 13.01% (9,836) black or African-American , 0.63% (475) Native American or Alaska Native , 1.51% (1,140) Asian , 0.08% (57) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian , 16.44% (12,429) from other races , and 18.75% (14,175) from two or more races . Hispanic or Latino of any race was 24.77% (18,727) of the population. Of
1677-449: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.07. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.9 males. The median income for
1720-566: Was also tried in Providence. The circulator used East Avenue, High Street, Summer Street, Goff Avenue, Dexter Street and Park Place West. Each half of the Circulator carried one direction of U.S. 1; sections also carried westbound RI 15 and northbound RI 114 . It was signed with a big "C" on overhead signs. There are no longer signs for the circulator, though the road configuration remains. Providence's Downtown Ring Roads have suffered
1763-427: Was estimated to be 16.3% of the population. 21.8% of the population was under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.7 years. For every 100 females, the population had 107.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 110.6 males. The 2016-2020 5-year American Community Survey estimates show that
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1806-609: Was played at McCoy Stadium in 1981. Pawtucket has a history of professional baseball dating back to 1892, including the Pawtucket Maroons and Pawtucket Indians . The PawSox franchise was relocated to Worcester, Massachusetts , to become the Worcester Red Sox beginning with the 2021 season. In 2024, Rhode Island FC , of the USL Championship , will have its inaugural season. Starting in 2025,
1849-612: Was when Rehoboth gave up their land in 1828, and Pawtucket became a new town in Massachusetts. In 1862, the eastern portion was absorbed into Providence County, Rhode Island. On March 1, 1862, the area of Pawtucket and East Providence was shifted into Rhode Island, and the new border remains to this day—following a 225-year border dispute among the Rhode Island Colony , Plymouth Colony , the State of Rhode Island , and
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