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"City by the Sea" is the unimaginative nickname an early resident unloaded on Newport. At least it was accurate, because for a time during the Colonial period it rivaled Boston and even New York as a center of New World trade and prosperity. Newport occupies the southern tip of Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay, and is connected to the mainland by three bridges and a ferry.
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Hilton Providence
21 Atwells Avenue
Providence, RI 02903 Map Distance: 23.7 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class:
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AttractionsProvidence-Newport Water Ferry
265 Melrose Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02907 Distance: 21.6 mi. (from destination center)
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John Brown House Museum
At Benefit St
52 Power St Providence, Rhode Island Distance: 23.5 mi. (from destination center) Description: Quite unlike the fiery 19th-century abolitionist of the same name, this John Brown was an... Read More
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115 Empire St
Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Distance: 23.5 mi. (from destination center)
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