| This photo shows typical mill housing erected by the large textile mills that were part of mill culture in the Rhode Island, Massachusetts area. Erected on the hill above the mill, these are part of the 30 or so buildings erected by the Lonsdale Company in the Martin Street area for housing their workers. Everything came from your pay. You rented your apartment and bought everything from the company store. Even fire protection, schooling, a church and a community hall was provide |