Why Rhode Island's Ghost Station Is Running Out of Time

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Pawtucket Station, located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is a historic train station with a rich history dating back to its construction in 1916 by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Designed in the Beaux-Arts style, it served as a bustling hub for passengers and freight, reflecting the city's industrial prominence in the early 20th century. The station witnessed a decline in usage post-World War II, exacerbated by the rise of automobile travel and the eventual collapse of the New Haven Railroad. By the early 1970s, regular passenger services ceased, leading to its abandonment. Despite various proposals for redevelopment and preservation, the station remains a poignant symbol of Pawtucket's past, standing as a testament to the transformative shifts in transportation and industry in the region.
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@mikenixon2401 2 дня назад

I miss trains as a common mode of transportation. I also like my independence to take a different route or stop along the way. Well, sadly I can't have it all.

@SB-qm5wg День назад

I wish trains would make a come back too.

@tiorontoron7531 15 часов назад

@@SB-qm5wg they massively pollute way more than even a million small cars, and the amount of trains we would need to run for everyone to have reliable transportation, our air quality would look like modern day china. i will take clean air over whatever weird social thing you perceive as a good thing

@cu29640 10 часов назад

Trains are very common in the Northeast and still travel in volume under the station. Its a busy route for Amtrak and MBTA.

@djplonghead5403 5 часов назад

Get off a train and hop on a rent-bike or Uber. We just need better infrastructure

@empressvogt 2 дня назад

"When money talks, history walks." Sick!

@UpParkCamp День назад

So true. Hence urban renewal.

@andrewpanciotti5518 2 дня назад

I grew up seeing this station sink further and further into disrepair broke my heart 20 years ago and it’s still tough today .

@rap5995 2 дня назад

@@andrewpanciotti5518 Me too. Such a shame.

@richardbosworth6635 2 дня назад

What are the approximate cross streets of its location? I'm from Pawtucket originally.

@rap5995 2 дня назад

@@richardbosworth6635 Broad Street not far from Barton St / Cross St near CF line.

@kelseystickney8663 День назад

Then do something about it? If it was actually important to you, I think you would do something about it instead of complaining about it on RU-vid. Nelson Mandela helped end apartheid from prison, what's your excuse?

@jabbermocky4520 День назад

@@richardbosworth6635 Broad St. and Clay St. That intersection.

@Josh-yr7gd 2 дня назад

The only way they’ll rehab the station is if the surrounding area is built up. If the neighborhood has gone downhill, it’ll be hard to get investors interested in the property. Wish it could be saved though.

@joeblow5214 2 дня назад

They already determined that the structure is so far gone that it's cheaper to build a new one and demolish the old one.

@jabbermocky4520 День назад

I almost bought a 3 decker home a block away from this station in 2000. It was only $75,000 but needed about a hundred grand in work to make it rentable again as 3 apartment units. Given the dilapidated condition of all the other buildings in the area I knew it wouldn't be worth it. Central Falls RI is the poorest city in New England. No industries left in the former "industrial corridor". Plus my Spanish isn't very good. Spanish is the primary language spoken in Central Falls now. When I was looking for an apartment to rent I called a lot of numbers for advertised rentals. No one spoke English. Finally I got an English speaker, heavily accented, who told me "We don't rent to Americans." and hung up. Just some local info that people should know before buying or renting there.

@Josh-yr7gd 18 часов назад

@@jabbermocky4520 Thanks for sharing your first-hand experience in that area.

@rbspace454 2 дня назад

It's going to take a private investor to save it. For instance, Ford motor company purchased the old broke down, abandoned Michigan Central station in Detroit and spent millions on it... it's actually just opened back up to the public recently, which is super exciting. They've restored other structures in downtown Detroit along with Mike Illich, who owns little Caesars. The Illich's have restored a ton of old buildings in Detroit.

@skylineXpert День назад

you can make the argument for those that uses the line to get from Rhode Island to NYC could benefit from this & bypassing the NYC trafic, saving many work hours.

@CenturyHomeProject День назад

They did a magnificent restoration on that station.

@maxpowr90 День назад

@@skylineXpert There is an Amtrak stop a few miles south in Providence. Pawtucket is also a pretty dumpy city with a lot of rundown mills/warehouses. I don't see it being saved.

@WarpedAtomic 22 часа назад

@@maxpowr90 There are no "rundown" mills or warehouse in Pawtucket thanks for letting us know you never been there. Pawtucket is mainly housing and active businesses.

@siguydaalt5505 18 часов назад

@@maxpowr90 There's a new Pawtucket/Central Falls station that the MBTA just opened last year within a mile south of it, it's not going to be reused as a train station surely, but preserving the station building would still be nice.

@PFROG206 2 дня назад

Very interesting story. So sad that no one cares about this great historical structure.

@jamesleyda365 2 дня назад

Such bulls**t! The loss of so many beautiful old American buildings or structures...... sad☠️

@billynomates920 2 дня назад

1671-1921 he must have had good genes! long telomeres or whatever they are called.

@dave1956 2 дня назад

He could have given Methuselah a run for his money!

@E.T.GARAGE 2 дня назад

I believe they where referring to the house at that location not the individual.

@Josh-yr7gd 2 дня назад

I thought that was his headstone until I saw the dates.

@christopherstephenjenksbsg4944 2 дня назад

Joseph Jenks Jr was something like my 8th great-grandfather! (I think he spelled his name "Jenkes".) I live in Providence, and a street just two blocks north of me is named for him. I fully agree with you about revitalizing the station. I lived in NYC and the surrounding area for many years, and the restoration and revitalization of Grand Central Terminal is amazing. It is now a destination in itself, not just a place commuters hurry through to get to their trains. I lived in Yonkers for 22 years, and the little station there was restored, and it is really magnificent, even just as a station with no other amenities. Other stations and terminals have been revitalized. Examples that come to mind are South Station Boston and Union Station in Washington.

@MajorOutage День назад

One of Pawtucket's middle schools is also named after Jenks.

@christopherstephenjenksbsg4944 День назад

@@MajorOutage Thanks! I didn't know that.

@jerrysinclair3771 2 дня назад

Ryan, your affinity and knowledge of all things about TRAINs is amazing. Thank you for this story about Pawtucket. My dear wife is from Cape Cod...I will share this video with her. Thanks.

@a62dave 2 дня назад

6:20 If it fell into despair, a prescription of antidepressants is called for. If it fell into disrepair, some repairs are needed.

@FLAGMACHINE11 2 дня назад

@@a62dave Give it some Benadryl

@bnthern 2 дня назад

as the grandson of a (67 years on the job - WW1 - WW2 - Korea ) railroad person it is a shame to see how horribly we have treated much of our history! THX

@Martin48964 День назад

Look at Michigan Central Station in Detroit Mi. That building was scheduled for demolition and was brought back to life. This is what this station needs.

@SuperMickey57 2 дня назад

Good job repositioning the mic, no breath pops and less muddy on the EQ. Love your channel!

@stevenfromer3816 День назад

This station needs to be restored as a transportation museum

@jabbermocky4520 День назад

Nobody would visit that museum, sorry to say. It's on the Pawtucket/Central Falls line. Most people in this region won't go there unless they have to. There are no points of interest worth visiting. Sad but true.

@choossuck7653 2 дня назад

Great video. I learned of this station about a year ago. Looked into its history. Nice to see a video about the station

@jonahruntz9818 2 дня назад

I work in Pawtucket and pass by the station daily. Very sad how many vacant old buildings there are in this area too

@rap5995 2 дня назад

I’ve watched most of your videos Ryan but this one is in my backyard. Great video on it!

@charlisue 2 дня назад

The location is on a curved section of track. Both the MBTA and Amtrak see this as a safety problem. Sadly.

@joeblow5214 2 дня назад

Amtrak and MBTA have both come to the conclusion that it's cheaper to build new. In this section, the track geometry would mean that any platform they would build would really not be ADA compliant.

@mauricehouse3558 12 часов назад

Thank you for such a nice informative video!

@BoG_City 2 дня назад

Everything the USA has done with trains and stations baffles me. It used to be great, but instead of modernizing and keeping it great everything turned into shit. Having a modern station with good service to other relevant points of interest (can be anything) is also a really big boost for the rest of the neighborhood. Letting the station rot is also letting the neighborhood rot.

@brucehain 2 дня назад

They got rid of the big station in Providence too. I can't remember what they gave as an excuse. It was a fancy station.

@lesliewachter1275 2 дня назад

Thank's for the vid. I explored here in 2019 and always wondered about its history.

@buddyrevell6369 2 дня назад

W is silent. PA-TUCK-IT

@PhilipGermani 2 дня назад

Thank you. My ears are ringing. lol

@dixonlee8086 День назад

Yes, and the emphasis is on the second syllable as in pa-TUCK-it, not PAW-tuck-it

@tar170 День назад

Yes. I lived in RI for more than 30 years. Nobody ever said PAW-tuck-et! It was always pah-TUCK-it.

@thepointsnorth 8 часов назад

Couldn’t make it two minutes into this bud because of that. Yuck.

@AC-jk8wq Час назад

Ryan is getting better at pronunciations…. 😃 The train station isn’t the only thing falling down in the area…

@PSpringfield 2 дня назад

New Haven restored the once derelict Union Station, and it paid off! It is a mini Grand Central. If Pawtucket restored this station, then people maybe all those thousands of people visiting Mohegan Sun and Mystic, CT might venture further east.

@bullpupgaming708 2 дня назад

It's stories like these that make me wish someone could start a business of buying and renovating buildings like these.

@skyraider87 2 дня назад

I can tell you're not from Rhode Island by how you pronounce Pawtucket lmao. We just say Puhtuckit

@petestocks 2 дня назад

Finally some New England history

@obelic71 2 дня назад

In Europe most medium, bigger railway stations have the opposite problem with historic railway stations. They are in crowed city centers and have become too small and are expanded . f.e. the major infrastructure construction projects at Stuttgart Germany or Amsterdam the Netherlands. Derilict stations are rare but they do exist on closed rural lines or closed to passenger travel lines. Most former stations even on broken up rail lines are repurposed and become houses restaurants, schools etc. etc.

@sebastienfrick5217 День назад

Thank you very much for quoting at 9:50 the rehabilitation of the old railway to Saint Nabor. Not sure it’s truly comparable because it’s not a building but they indeed did a pretty good job at turning the former railway into a bicycle road with a panoramic terrasse at the very end. There are several examples of such reuse of old railways to develop the bicycle lanes network. The former stations along the tracks are often turned into workshops, housing, celebration halls rather than destroyed. It would be a shame if tho one gets lost.

@SpritualTechniques День назад

Great information)

@h-leath6339 2 дня назад

You and me both. I feel the same way about the West Oakland Station. Some buildings must be conserved. For soooooo many reasons... the design, artistry, history, soooo much. And most were so industrial strength that modernization wouldn't cost that much ultimately...

@pacificostudios 2 дня назад

It is a testament to how auto-centric Rhode Island politicians when they left communities with nearly 100,000 people without a downtown rail station for decades. For 22 years, Pawtucket had no downtown train service.

@joeblow5214 2 дня назад

Back then, that is what the residents primarily wanted.

@MajorOutage День назад

It still really doesn't. You still need to take a bus to downtown from the new train station. People don't come here on the train anyway. They live here and take the train to Boston.

@pacificostudios День назад

@@MajorOutage - Which means that people come to Pawtucket in the evening, then. At any event, as long as the bus system is oriented toward the train station, a location near downtown is enough. Even Los Angeles Union Station is three subway stops from the real center of DTLA, the Financial District.

@MajorOutage День назад

@@pacificostudios Bruh. I live here. This is not a tourist destination. They get off the train and go home, which is not downtown. Also moving the main bus hub from downtown to the new train station has not been popular.

@WarpedAtomic 22 часа назад

@@pacificostudios No one goes to pawtucket for a night out or sight see theres nothing here and that train station is in the middle of a "ghetto" of central falls with high crime so def no one wanting to get off a train in that hood.

@crorivpro 19 часов назад

I really enjoyed this video. As a Pawtucket resident for 76 years minus four years in the military. I am also a railfan, modeler and model RR kit manufacturer. I'm old enough to have taken the train (NYNH&H) to Providence with my mother and sister. Unfortunately, I was a toddler at this time and my memory is pretty vague, I do remember a ticket was .50 cents. I've watched the station sadly crumble over the years. Like clockwork about every ten years or so some concern was going to restore and make some fabulous retail or office center out of the station. Every time a scheme was announced It became a joke after a while. But me and my fellow railfans would always get our hopes up. Now with the new station (a glorified bus stop) I guess the classic station's days are numbered. Although things like this don't move very fast around here. Not that it matters to anyone at all but around here we don't pronounce the "W" in Pa-tucket.

@uhlijohn 2 дня назад

Your coverage of rail and public grade crossings should be followed up by the raising of ALL RR rights-of-way in the city of Chicago starting in the late 19th or early 20th century. That was one of the greatest engineering feats of its time. I believe it was a City of Chicago ordinance requiring RRs to separate grades due to the immense rail traffic and the huge number of accidents with people and horses that got the ball rolling. The RRs realized that it would actually benefit their operations to build grade separations. I am sure the RRs suffered a LOT of lawsuits when their engines or rolling stock struck, injured, or killed many pedestrians, horses, and vehicles of every kind. We patiently await your video on this topic.

@rexcadral3468 22 часа назад

You should do a piece on the old Providence railroad station, or the Providence rail facilities in general, which are extensive, and parts of the large freight yard are still visible today.

@eddiemalinowicz3162 18 часов назад

Summer of 1973, I was on a freight train headed for Providence at 50 mph. Rounding the curve into the station, three utility workers were on a ladder in the middle of the tracks. Scared the crap out of us , not to mention the workers! Nobody was hurt but I’m sure they had change their shorts!

@johnchambers8528 2 дня назад

Unfortunately most people do not care about historic buildings so the government also believes in abandoning old expensive to maintain buildings. Like in Detroit unless a private business can find a useful profitable purpose for these types of buildings they most likely will be taken down. Another problem today is with the high interest rates it makes it more expensive to try and save a building like this.

@Elvebriel98 День назад

If you want an other example from France, in Paris there is an old unused train line called "La Petite Ceinture" that goes all around the city. It is gradually being turned into a park (with the rails still there), and the stations are reused for things like restaurants, bars, nightclubs...

@Paul-GrnHil 15 часов назад

I agree that losing a grand old historic building is sad. From a practical transportation perspective, it is hard to justify keeping a train station a mere 6 miles from the Providence Union station. It is hard enough to get people to train rather than drive from Providence to Boston, they certainly won’t do it if there is a train stop every few miles along the way.

@alanpecherer5705 2 дня назад

At 430 passengers a day, you'd be lucky to get a taxi stand.

@jeffgordonliddy386 День назад

The 2017 completion of the rehabilitation of Union Station in Springfield MA cost $94,000,000 as a rough guesstimate of what it might cost, although this was rehab was for a functioning rail/bus station.

@BG-sl9lv День назад

just a wild guess that it would cost over 100 million dollars to restore this building including replacing all the steel support structure and brick piers as it isn't too long from becoming a nightmare hazard right over the northeast corridor. It's a wonder it hasn't collapsed already or else be deemed too hazardous for trains to travel underneath. A nine million dollar demo sounds like a bargain. Better to put the cost of restoration into expanding RI train service for instance extending commuter rail to Narragansett or replacing the Sakonnet River RR bridge to allow service to Newport.

@Sacto1654 22 часа назад

I think just the cost of structurally restoring the station could be much higher than anticipated, as anyone who remembers to massive cost overruns in restoring Grand Central Terminal in New York City can attest to. And that's not including modernization with new facilities and Americans with Disability Act compliance.

@a-totally-random-person День назад

I always wanted to see this station rebuilt.

@HoosierDaddy_ День назад

This building must've been grand in its day. It's always sad to see another historical train landmark go. I wish this could be saved.

@dumbbuff День назад

Before referencing "the beauty of the surrounding area" as a reason to rehabilitate you should go see that neighborhood.

@ryanbailey6900 День назад

That building is beautiful, please keep it there. do enough renovations to keep it safe and thats it. make it open to walk through without adding or taking anything away. Explorable space within beautiful old buildings is becoming rare. they knock them down or make them into luxury condos and take way all of the personality

@imfknradio9978 День назад

On a more happy note, the Michigan Central Station has officially reopened for tours. After 4 years and a lot of hard work by Ford, theyve restored the once great station to its former glory.

@thomasrengel5577 7 часов назад

OK In 1986 or 1992 a flea market was operating in the waiting room. I went in. Non-descript. Neighborhood served is run down. I used to occasionally take local trains to Providence that stopped at Pawtucket-Central Falls. One person maybe two got off on the rubble strewn platforms. This is in the 1977 era. The new station with its large parking lot has layout issues as I found out when I took a handicapped friend to board there. But better location. Did you do the Bradford & Foster Brook story a few weeks ago?

@twiztidsidfreak13 2 дня назад

another great video!

@ameyring 2 дня назад

I don't know that area, but i can see it gutted and the shell/facade used to support outdoor seating and food trucks for events. Less weight to support over tracks. We have that in Philly along river.

@ZacharyPlaysll День назад

Man what a video. I live in RI and it’s pretty accurate

@sgt_s4und3r54 День назад

We loose so much history to progress but no one gives much in the way of benefits for preserving landmark structures like this.

@CenturyHomeProject День назад

This is such a unique structure. It’s a shame that it’s been allowed to deteriorate to this point.

@warringtonfaust1088 2 дня назад

Sad to say, the station sits in what might be called an impoverished area, I don't see it becoming a commuter hub.

@DinoCon 2 дня назад

I think it should be made into a pub/small concert hall.

@billyjoejimbob56 7 часов назад

Having lived nine years in the Providence metro region, I have fond memories of this second tier city and the proud history of the area. As much as I admire the history of the area, and landmarks like this old station, I don;t favor spending limited public resources on preservation of relics that outlive their usefulness. Pawtucket and Cen'l Falls (as the natives call it) need limited resources spent on the future of their children. Not on nostalgia that won't help them thrive in the 21st century.

@E.T.GARAGE 2 дня назад

It would be great if we could preserve structures like that old RR Station or even repurpose, the cost of construction like many things just make it impractical.

@JM-pg8qv День назад

P'tucket... But I upvoted because it's still a good video.

@OceanStateRail 2 дня назад

Honestly if they were to restore the building It could be used as an annex to the new station just south of the building, serving a new rail service to Worcester instead of Boston.

@ronaldgansler8812 День назад

Even Detroit spent over $100 million on renovations to the old train station!

@MARKSHEA-rf3dz День назад

This is an example of a just because it's old doesn't mean it should be saved. This building is completely gutted. No details of interest remain. This is a classic example of "demolition by neglect". When it finally collapses or partially collapses, severely disrupting traffic on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, officials will wring their hands and act surprised. Just another day in Rhode Island. While you're at it, you should pay a visit to abandoned McCoy stadium in Pawtucket.

@bobt5778 2 дня назад

You can always spot a non Rhode Islander when they say PAW-tucket. We all say puh-TUCK -it. 😅

@counterfit5 2 дня назад

P'tuckit

@Dumpsterfoot 2 дня назад

@@bobt5778 true Rhode Islanders can even tell the difference between Pawtucket and Pawtuxet

@MajorOutage День назад

da bucket

@56clipperable День назад

Wonder if this is where they got the idea for the tollway oasis in Illinois when they were mostly still around 🤔

@auricom8472 2 дня назад

I say re-open it and make it a station/restaurant give the workers that the companies that stop at the station a 15% discount at that restraunt.

@funken079 12 часов назад

We missed our chance to expand and embrace trains and subways. Americans are obsessed with cars and their personal freedoms. I have seen this station and its in sad shape.

@SalmanMentos 2 дня назад

Cool

@matthewkirkland8037 2 дня назад

Went to explore the station a few years ago and got chased out by drug addicts

@tonyscootz401 2 дня назад

I did a walk thru about a few years ago nothing but decay and homeless people living in tents there.

@user-lj3hu8fe7g День назад

Economics: the science of choice. The dismal science. I saw Terminal Station in Atlanta as a child--long gone now. 30th Street Station in my native Philadelphia has survived. Then there's New York, where one may contrast GCT with Pennsylvania Station.

@WarpedAtomic 22 часа назад

Also doesnt help that its located in central falls AKA a city of crime, low income housing thanks to a certain darker "tanned" people.

@Swedish__ 11 часов назад

That building safer than the 195 bridge

@baker3person 13 часов назад

It’s insane to destroy that

@MAXCousinsWrites День назад

Would this structure be considered a bridge?

@mottyagasi746 2 дня назад

I think they should be ir reopen the station or make it into a museum attraction

@musicmanfelipe День назад

As if anyone would expect the T to shell out that kind of money to restore when they could just build a prefab train station.

@darrenporsch 4 часа назад

It's a nice old building and probably should have been saved but if less than 20 years after was built it was falling into disrepair cuz they overly lavishly built it to begin with then the thing was doomed from the beginning. Architect should have went a little more functional and not something that would cost so much to maintain

@glenlongstreet7 2 дня назад

They did a nice job with the station in wusta, not Worcester.

@RebelRanger2009 День назад

Should convert it to a Farmer's Market.

@PawPawKitty 19 часов назад

"PAAAWW-tucket", tell me you're not from Rhode Island without telling me you're not from Rhode Island 🤣 There's no Paws 🐾 in Pawtucket, especially now with the loss of McCoy Stadium (another historical landmark being bulldozed) and Pawsox. Joking aside, thanks for the great video about the history of this station! I'm sure even in ruin the inside must look grand.

@eileencoffey6657 2 дня назад

I live in RI. This station has been abandoned since 59 and falling apart even earlier. It is an eyesore and incredibly dangerous, not only to people trying to go in it, but to the trains underneath. It should have been demolished decades ago and needs to be done soon before it drops on the NE corridor underneath it.

@mattkennedy6115 2 дня назад

@@eileencoffey6657 It should have been preserved decades ago but unfortunately I feel it’s too far gone to be saved

@steinarbrevikknudsen1546 2 дня назад

When most things are in the hands of companies whose only goal is to maximize profit, then it will be like this. Low taxes, small and weak public actors... then it will be like this.

@MrBruinman86 День назад

The problem is even if they save/renovate the building, it's still not really all that useful nor is it attractive in any way. So my guess is it's a goner.

@michaelnewjerseydiecast5535 2 дня назад

I can understand why people think we should erase history and not save this iconic building just angers the Pawtucket and Central Falls don't care about history or historical buildings!

@tomf9292 23 часа назад

So many beautiful buildings in RI in disrepair. Woonsocket and central falls are shells of the once beautiful cities they were. Drugs, homelessness, prostitution have ruined it and don’t even get me going about the politics ( and I’m from Mass just over the boarder. Shame. The Blackstone river canal is a great place to ride a bike and find out about this historic area of the USA.

@sinisterisrandom8537 2 дня назад

I continue to forget New York with extra steps exists. Still, question why it's even a state in the first place however besides that. Shame the beautiful station is nothing more than a withering husk of its former self.

@jameslist7385 День назад

should be a crime to tear down the old places the craftmanship cannot be brough back again

@JohnHenryJr 14 часов назад

FYI, "Puh-tucket" not "Paw-tucket"

@nigellanjuat3294 2 дня назад

Sad 😢😭 🇺🇸🇲🇾

@christopherball7937 2 дня назад

Turn into a restaurant or mini mall

@Noisepollutionaudio 2 дня назад

I wish trains could make a comeback and get rid of all this traffic

@joeblow5214 2 дня назад

Even trains wouldn't fix it. Cities themselves are the issue. Tokyo has a massive mass transit system but still has significant traffic jams. Super affordable housing exists outside the city proper with a 3 hour train ride there, but people there still move as close as they can to the city core yet, act dumbfounded when they and millions of others who make the same choice are packed on overcrowded trains, or are stuck in traffic,

@jperez7893 2 дня назад

it should be sold for cheap, like $10, and be given tax free guarantees for 20 years for anyone to restore it, including interior details, and allow repurposing for business and housing

@HillsWorkbench День назад

The Detroit station has been restored! Against all odds and many failed attempts.

@st-ui6pz 18 часов назад

Chuck the mayor of central falls put a CVS there instead of a parking lot for cars thats made it not yous obvious to go to south attleboro

@classic.cameras 2 дня назад

I am always amazed that Rhode Island is both a state and not an Island.

@disorganizedorg 2 дня назад

...and also plantations until they dropped that bit in 2020: "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" I'm pretty sure that approximately zero people noticed the change of name. Speaking of names, "Pawtucket" has the stress on the second syllable -- an easy mistake to make.

@counterfit5 2 дня назад

The "Rhode Island" part of the name referred to the island also known as Aquidneck, where Newport is