West River (Massachusetts)

The West River, in the US state of Massachusetts, is a 13.4-mile-long (21.6 km)^[1] tributary of the Blackstone River.

Course

It originates in the towns of

Wheelockville before the Blackstone enters the state of Rhode Island.

The West River provided

U.S. National Heritage Area

and a major contributing region to America's Industrial Revolution.

^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
^ Fishing Works website
^ Crane, Ellery Bicknell (1907). Historic Homes and Genealogies; Worcester, Massachusetts. The Lewis Publishing Company. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
^ ^a ^b Marvin, AP (1879). History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Embracing a Comprehensive History of the County from its earliest beginnings to the present time; Vol. lI. Boston MA: CF Jewitt and Co. p. 146.
^ ^a ^b Chapin, Judge Henry (1881). Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge, 1864. Worcester MA.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)