- Wheelockville, Massachusetts
Wheelockville is a village in the town of Uxbridge,
Massachusetts ,United States .cite web |title= "Walking tours - Uxbridge"|publisher= Blackstone Daily |url= http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Outdoors&Nature/WTuxbridge.htm |accessdate= 2007-09-23] Part of the village centering on Mendon and Henry streets is listed on theNational Register of Historic Places as theWheelockville District .Two mills built here are important to the early history of the Blackstone Valley: The
Luke Taft Mill and the Moses Taft Mill. Both mills had connections to the famous AmericanTaft family . In later years the Wheelock family had ownership of theMoses Taft Mill and the village took the name of Wheelockville. However that Mill is listed in the National Register as the Calument Mill, orCentral Woolen Mills District . TheWaucantuck Mill Complex , near the site of the original Luke Taft Mill is also listed separately on the National Register.The Moses Taft Mill also held the name of the Calumet mill.cite web |title= "Walking tours - Uxbridge"|publisher= Blackstone Daily |url= http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Outdoors&Nature/WTuxbridge.htm |accessdate= 2007-09-23] The Wheelock family is an influential early American family with roots in this historic community. Wheelockville and Uxbridge are part of the
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor of theNational Park Service of the U.S. TheBlackstone Valley is the earliestindustrialized region in theUnited States . TheMoses Taft mill ran 24/7 during theAmerican Civil War making Union Blue Uniforms.cite web |title= "Walking tours - Uxbridge"|publisher= Blackstone Daily |url= http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Outdoors&Nature/WTuxbridge.htm |accessdate= 2007-09-23] The same mill made Khaki Uniforms and cloth for the armies ofFrance andItaly during theWorld War I .cite web |title= "Walking tours - Uxbridge"|publisher= Blackstone Daily |url= http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Outdoors&Nature/WTuxbridge.htm |accessdate= 2007-09-23] This village was used for scenes in two movies,The Great Gatsby , andOliver's Story , in the 1970s.References
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