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Personal Writing: Response To My Visit To The Boott Cotton Mill - Papers

Personal Writing: Response To My Visit To The Boott Cotton Mill

Before visiting the Boott Cotton Mill, I thought about what it
would look like. Everybody knows what a mill looks like, especially an old
mill. I expected a large brick building with smoke stacks outside, inside I
expected fully functional product producing facility.
When I got there I was quite surprised. I walked to the mill from
the Visitor Center, and as I walked through downtown Lowell there were a
lot of people. When I got to John Street, there wasn't anybody in sight. As
I got closer to the mill, the place looked deserted. When I saw the canal
in front of the mill, I was surprised it wasn't moving rapidly. It didn't
even seem to be flowing. Around the back of the mill towards the ...

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had a smile on their face. That solidified the impression I had that
people weren't happy working in the mills.
The quotations from former mill workers also exhibited their
unhappiness. Grace May Burk, a former mill worker said, “Work started at
6:30 a.m. and ended at 5:30 p.m., on Saturdays work ended at noon. We got
Saturday afternoons off, big deal. No matter how much money I was being
paid, I would not work those hours every day. The people of the nineteenth
century worked those hours and for little pay.
Leona Bacon Pray, another former mill worker was a child when she
worked in the mill. She said, “When I collected my wages, I went home and
gave them to Ma. Ma would distribute money to the kids. Pa would do the
same thing.” Being a student I understand what it is like working hard for
little money. Considering what Leona Bacon Pray got from her total wages, I
feel lucky to be able to keep all my wages.
Just those few reflections of life in the ...

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Added: 8/21/2005 08:22:50 PM
Category: Creative Writing
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