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Pawcatuck River, RI vintage postcard

This postcard has a postmark date of 1915. The Pawcatuck River forms part of the boundary between Rhode Island and Connecticut. Its course is about 30 miles and passes through five towns in Rhode Island. There are eight dams along the river. The name is derived from an Algonquian Indian word and means “open divided [...]
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