Industrial Heritage Along the Woonasquatucket
Why have an industrial tour of a river? The Woonasquatucket didn’t always look this way, hemmed in by brick buildings, cement sidewalks and asphalt streets on …
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Woonasquatucket Reservoirlocation_fillThe Woonasquatucket River (woon-AHS-kwa-tuk-it) has been at the center of Rhode Island’s uniquely layered hist…
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Donigian Park and a Legacy of Pollutionlocation_fillIn 2009, a group of volunteers stepped into the Woonasquatucket River at Donigian Park wearing waist-high heav… -
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American Locomotive Company / ALCOlocation_fillHome to RI's economic development agency, Commerce RI, along with several other businesses, the ALCO complex o… -
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US Rubber Companylocation_fillThe US Rubber Company Mill has a complex history of ownership and use that stretches over 80 years. From its i… -
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Brown and Sharpelocation_fillThis 25-acre parcel and 12-building campus along the Woonasquatucket River was once home to one of Providence… -
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Nicholson Filelocation_fillThe modest sign remaining on Kinsley Avenue does not do justice to this former industrial behemoth. The contri… -
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Providence Dyeing, Bleaching, and Calenderinglocation_fillThe Woonasquatucket River, with its generous drops and fast moving streams, was lined with textile factories i… -
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Rising Sun Millslocation_fillIn 1764, Thomas Olney established one of the first mill privileges along the Woonasquatucket River. Through th… -
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American Brewing Company & Providence Brewing Companylocation_fillIn 1892, Providence resident and Irish immigrant James Hanley opened the American Brewing Company. Beer was as… -
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The Steel Yard (PS&I)location_fillFounded in 2002 on the former site of Providence Steel and Iron Company (PS&I), the Steel Yard’s 3.5-acre site…
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