Blackstone River watershed

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The Blackstone River watershed is a major New England river basin that drains portions of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, historically central to early American industrialization and mill development.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Blackstone River Valley 9
Blackstone River watershed canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
contains Blackstone River ⓘ
Blackstone Valley ⓘ
Pawtucket, Rhode Island area ⓘ
Worcester, Massachusetts area ⓘ
forested areas ⓘ
headwaters of the Blackstone River ⓘ
suburban areas ⓘ
tributaries of the Blackstone River ⓘ
urban areas ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainedBy Blackstone River ⓘ
environmentalIssue industrial pollution legacy ⓘ
water quality impairment from historical mills ⓘ
feeds Narragansett Bay estuarine system ⓘ
linked to: Narragansett Bay
flowsInto Narragansett Bay ⓘ
hasConservationEffort habitat restoration initiatives ⓘ
water quality restoration projects ⓘ
hasEconomicRole contributed to regional industrial growth ⓘ
supported early factory towns ⓘ
hasLandUse agricultural ⓘ
commercial ⓘ
industrial ⓘ
residential ⓘ
hasMouthAt Providence River estuary region ⓘ
hasRecreation boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
riverside trails ⓘ
historicalSignificance center of early American industrialization ⓘ
center of early American mill development ⓘ
hydrologicSystem surface water drainage network of the Blackstone River ⓘ
knownFor early textile mills ⓘ
water-powered industrial development ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
New England ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
partOf Narragansett Bay watershed ⓘ
New England river systems ⓘ
state Massachusetts ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
usedFor industrial water power in the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
transportation corridors along the river ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Providence County, Rhode Island → hasMajorRiverSystem → Blackstone River watershed ⓘ
Blackstone Valley → partOf → Blackstone River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Blackstone River watershed
Cumberland, Rhode Island → locatedIn → Blackstone River Valley ⓘ
subject linked to: Cumberland
linked to: Blackstone River watershed
Albion, Lincoln, Rhode Island → locatedIn → Blackstone River Valley ⓘ
subject linked to: Albion
linked to: Blackstone River watershed
Lime Rock → locatedNear → Blackstone River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Blackstone River watershed
Lonsdale → region → Blackstone River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Blackstone River watershed
Ashton → locatedIn → Blackstone River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Blackstone River watershed
Ashton → riverValley → Blackstone River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Blackstone River watershed
Slatersville Historic District → partOf → Blackstone River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Blackstone River watershed
Albion Historic District → partOf → Blackstone River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Blackstone River watershed
Quinsigamond River → partOfDrainageBasin → Blackstone River watershed ⓘ
Woonsocket Falls → partOf → Blackstone River watershed ⓘ
Pascoag Reservoir → isPartOf → Blackstone River watershed ⓘ
Blackstone River Valley region → partOf → Blackstone River watershed ⓘ
Chepachet River → partOf → Blackstone River watershed ⓘ
Albion Dam → riverBasin → Blackstone River watershed ⓘ