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Fall River's Recovery After a Century of Debt Crisis
Fall River Massachusetts, once the cotton mill capital of the world, faced a 1930 default on 1.8 million in short term notes triggering a state finance board takeover. The city cut wages and services, closed schools and libraries, and rebuilt tax collections before postwar industry and better highways helped revive its economy.
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