Ponagansett Bridge - Scituate, RI
Posted by: nomadwillie
N 41° 47.469 W 071° 39.842
19T E 278641 N 4630018
The bridge crosses water where the Barden Reservoir converges with the Scituate Reservoir on the Victory Highway (RI 102)
Waymark Code: WM12VGT
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 07/19/2020
Views: 3
Ponagansett Bridge, 18.2 m., spanning the west end of the Scituate Reservoir, calls to mind the many villages that were abandoned to make way for the artificial lake, the villages of Richmond, Kent, Elmdale, Saundersville, Ponagansett, Ashland, South Scituate, and part of Rockland. This now flooded area was formerly the cotton manufacturing part of Scituate Township
Rhode Island: A Guide to the Smallest State, Tour 9 p.446
Not sure why the writer choose this as a spot to be recognized, other than a way to mark the route
Book: Rhode Island
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 446
Year Originally Published: 1937
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