Last week, while driving back from Maine, I realized I was passing right through Lowell, Massachusetts, so I stopped by to visit the Boott Cotton Mills Museum.
It’s a pretty awe-inspiring structure, which looms over the town. You approach it… Read More
City streets could be very dark in the days before street lamps. On moonless nights, citizens in 18th century cities could hire a "linkboy" to light the way; he used a torch of rope stiffened with fat, pitch, and resin.