List: Did You Know?
12 properties
Fun Rhode Island trivia to bore your friends with.
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A handsome, if not crumbling, three story brick and granite five-sided commercial building at the gateway to Pawtucket’s Downtown
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Originally located along N. Main & Canal Sts., across from Roger Williams Park, Providence, the last meat-packing plant survived for about 50 years
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The Red Bridge name has been used with four different bridges connecting Providence and East Providence, but this is the one that “Used To Be There”
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A mapping project to trace the origins and evolution of the Cove Basin north of Downtown and south of Smith Hill, from 1823 to present day
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During this park’s 90-year run, it entertained millions of New Englanders as well as people from all over the world.
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The spooky former “School for the Feeble-minded” which decayed for 20 years before being slowly razed building by building.
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In use for almost 70 years, the East Side Train tunnel burrows beneath College Hill and once connected Union Station to East Providence
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A modern, 13-story glass box reflecting the mall, the Westin, Union Station, and Waterplace park.
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This 70-year-old diner car sat on blocks for 10 years before being restored and reopened as a classic breakfast and lunch diner
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This property is actually a tale of three things — competitive cycling, a football stadium, and the Providence Steamroller
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A former floating gourmet restaurant moored on South Water Street just outside where the Hot Club is today, before the current boat slips
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America’s first designed and purpose-built amusement park was open for only 5 years.