Walking Tour of New Bedford Howland Mill & Village, Guide to the History of Textiles

Fantastic Bruce Barnes walking tour of historic New Bedford Howland Mill and the Howland Mill Village. Most people think of New Bedford as the Whaling City, which it was. But, it was also a leading cotton textile capital during the Industrial Revolution. At its peak around 1920, New Bedford had numerous mills with some 150 mill buildings employing over 35,000! (To subscribe to this channel: http://youtube.com/stevesboston?sub_c...) One of the most interesting experiments of that era was the Howland Mill, which started operation in 1888. Founded by William D. Howland, a descendant of one of the most important and influential New Bedford whaling families, the Mill was extremely innovative and progressive. Most mills provided employees with only tenement-style housing, but Howland purchased land in an undeveloped area of New Bedford and created a cohesive community where everyone, not only mill managers, could be housed in set back stand-alone houses with yards and services where everyone could live in comfort and dignity; the first urban industrial utopia. Join Bruce as he guides us through the history of textile manufacturing in New Bedford and leads us through the Howland Mill and Village, which still has many of the original houses. The tour was given in August 2019 as part of the series for the New Bedford Preservation Society. To learn more about the New Bedford Preservation Society and Bruce's tour schedule, click http://nbpreservationsociety.org/even... To join the New Bedford Preservation Society, click http://nbpreservationsociety.org/memb... New Bedford Preservation Society Media Coordinator: Pat Daughton Tour guide: Bruce Barnes Video by Steve Gladstone:    / stevesboston