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Picture of the Day-Fishing On the Rocks

Jon — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:30:10 +0000

Tweet Click Here to Purchase Photo Today’s Picture of the Day is of a few fishermen fishing on some rocks near a little beach area in Jamestown. This is the same Jamestown that the Jamestown Bridge connects to the mainland or Providence Plantations part of the state (I showed you the remnants of the old [...]

Picture of the Day-Remnants of the Old Jamestown Bridge at Sunrise

Jon — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:00:53 +0000

Tweet Click Here to Purchase Photo Today’s picture of the day is a photograph of the what remains of the Old Jamestown Verrazano Bridge at sunrise, for you Rhode Islanders out there you will likely remember when the main span of the bridge was demolished a couple of years ago, after siting in limbo for [...]

Fort Wetherill

Jon — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:28:08 +0000

Fort Wetherill is a historic fort located on Conanicut Island, which contains the entire the city of Jamestown and sits in the middle of Narraganset Bay. The location had fortifications going back as far as the colonial period. The site was called the battery at Dumpling Rock, and served together with the then newly constructed Fort Adams in Newport to protect the East Passage of Narragansett Bay.

Jamestown Verrazno Bridge with Sunset in the Background

Jon — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:19:37 +0000

This photograph of the Jamestown Verrazno Bridge was taken just over a week ago. The Jamestown Verrazno Bridge spans the West Passage of Narragansett Bay, and replaced the old Jamestown Verrazno Bridge in 1992. Although, the old bridge still remained standing an unused until April of 2006 when they finally demolished it. The photograph was taken from Jamestown (a town which covers all of Conanicut Island) looking across the bay towards plum beach in North Kingstown.