New Haven
Eli Whitney Museum
The Birthplace of The Cotton Gin
915 Whitney Ave
Hamden, CT 06517
Phone: +1 203 777 1833
Fax: +1 203 777 1229
Website | EmailEli Whitney was an idealist and visionary who has been forgiven the unwitting consequences of his brilliant inventions; the cotton gin turned slavery from a tottering institution into a thriving business, and the milling machine gave rise to the horrific abuses of American industry. The museum occupies several buildings erected by Whitney as a model for a factory town, and preserves the roots of the industrial revolution that changed the country and the world. The museum is two miles north of the New Haven Green.
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