The Newport Bridge - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:James M. Ricci, Former Governor Lincoln Chafee (Foreword by)Publish date:2018-07-16Pages:274
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540235367ISBN-10:154023536XUPC:9781540235367Book Category:History, Technology & Engineering, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Civil, Photoessays & DocumentariesBook Topic:State & Local, BridgesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.1817Product ID:SC7PB9EWXQ
The Newport Bridge
Newport is a premier destination, but getting to the city has not always been easy. For three centuries, ferries crossed Narragansett Bay's East Passage. That all changed on June 28, 1969, the day the Newport Bridge opened, and it closed the last remaining gap between Aquidneck and Conanicut Islands. Proponents of the bridge persevered political squabbles and delays for twenty-five years...
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540235367ISBN-10:154023536XUPC:9781540235367Book Category:History, Technology & Engineering, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Civil, Photoessays & DocumentariesBook Topic:State & Local, BridgesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.1817Product ID:SC7PB9EWXQ
Ricci, James M.: - James M. Ricci is a native of Rhode Island and grew up in Barrington. He holds a doctorate degree from Salve Regina University in Newport, where he explored that city's efforts to reinvent itself from a sailor town to a tourist center following World War II. This led to a particular interest in the quarter-century struggle to build the Newport Bridge. He has spent the last...
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James M. Ricci, Former Governor Lincoln Chafee (Foreword by)
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