Officials from Massachusetts and Rhode Island are figuring out the boundaries of a park along the Blackstone River.

The Providence Journal reports that officials met Monday in Pawtucket near Old Slater Mill, which is considered the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in America and will be a key piece of the Blackstone River National Historical Park.

President Barack Obama recently bsigned legislation establishing Rhode Island's first national historical park.

It will include the Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket and three other sites in Rhode Island and three in Massachusetts. It's in the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor from Worcester to Providence.

It's part of an effort to better protect the cultural sites along the river.

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