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Date
January 1960
Description
The Wastewater Treatment Facility and Water Pollution Control Division serves East Providence and Barrington RI as a pollution deterrent and sewage facility. It is down the coast from the Bucklin Point facility and across the water from the Ponham Lighthouse. Located in Narragansett Bay and in the center of this photograph, the lighthouse was operated by the U.S. Coast Guard from the time it was built in 1871 until it was deactivated in 1974.
Rights
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Themes
Public works
Subject Headings
Sewage -- Purification -- Rhode Island -- East Providence; Lighthouses -- Rhode Island;
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Riverside
Street Address
1 Crest Avenue
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "East Providence: The Wastewater Treatment Facility and Ponham Lighthouse" (1960). Browse All. 955.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/955
Keywords
waterfront, municipality buildings, waste water treatment facilities, East Providence, Pomham Light, Narragansett Bay
Notes
Bibliography: Jordy, William H. "Buildings of Rhode Island." Oxford, 2004, pp. 445. Davis, Andrew Jason. Personal interview via phone call with The East Providence Waste Water Treatment Facility. 3 Jul. 2012.