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===Manufacturing and Mill Villages=== [[File:Whithin Machine Shop, 1897.jpg|thumb|left|Whitin Machine Shop, 1897.]] [[File:Whitinsville Shop.jpg|thumb|left|The former Whitin Machine Works, now known as the Whitinsville shop, located in the village of Whitinsville in the town of Northbridge.<ref>[[Horace Lucian Arnold|Roland, Henry]]. "[https://archive.org/stream/factoryindustria12newy#page/68/mode/2up Six examples of successful shop management]." ''[[Engineering Magazine]]'' 12. 1897</ref>]] This suburban community near [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] has a rich manufacturing heritage. The [[Blackstone River|Blackstone]] and [[Mumford River]]s run through the Town and in the early 19th century numerous industrial developments were erected along the riverbanks, most notably the Whitin Machine Shop in Whitinsville, at its peak the largest manufacturer of textile machines in the world.<ref name="whitin"/> The textile machine company and industrial village was written up as one of the Harvard studies of history in business.<ref name="whitin">{{cite book|last= Navin|first = Thomas R|title =The Whitin Machine Works since 1831: A textile machinery company in an industrial village; Harvard studies in business history| publisher=Russel and Russel|year=1969}}</ref> Northbridge stands as a testament to the success of mill villages throughout the 19th and 20th centuries when production was expanding so greatly that immigrant labor from [[Canada]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Armenia]] was imported.<ref name="Nortbhridge">{{cite web|title=Northbridge|publisher= Blackstonedaily.com|url= http://www.blackstonedaily.com/communities/northbridge.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061016165303/http://www.blackstonedaily.com/communities/northbridge.htm|url-status= usurped|archive-date= October 16, 2006|access-date=December 11, 2007}}</ref> Now, these mills stand, mostly renovated into housing and various businesses along the [[Blackstone River]]. Home of Lookout Rock, through which the bike trails pass and which overlooks the river below, the outskirts of the valley's community have a number of horse farms.<ref name="Nortbhridge"/> Today most of the mill buildings are no longer used to full capacity, however, they do offer incubator space to small businesses. Further, most of the town's architecture developed during the 19th century has been preserved.
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