Providence Harbor

Providence Harbor is a bay in Providence County, Rhode Island. Providence Harbor is situated nearby to the neighborhood Providence Jewelry Manufacturing Historic District, as well as near Wesleyan Avenue Historic District.

Type: Bay
Description: bay in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States of America
Also known as: “Great Salt Cove” and “Salt Cove”
Address: RI

Places of Interest

Highlights include Green Jacket Shoal and Rhode Island School of Design.

Green Jacket Shoal

Reef

Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Green Jacket Shoal is a 33-acre shoal and ship graveyard in Providence River, between the cities of East Providence and Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

Rhode Island School of Design

University

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Rhode Island School of Design is a private art school in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the accessibility of design education to women.

Fox Point Hurricane Barrier

Breakwater

The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is a 3,000-foot long tidal flood barrier spanning the Providence River in Providence, Rhode Island, located 750 feet upstream from Fox Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fox Point and Providence Jewelry Manufacturing Historic District.

Fox Point

Photo: Jef Nickerson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fox Point is a neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island. It is centered around Wickenden Street, which runs the length of the neighborhood, and is its commercial center.

Providence Jewelry Manufacturing Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

The Providence Jewelry Manufacturing Historic District is a predominantly industrial historic district in Providence, Rhode Island. It covers a roughly 19-acre area in the city's Jewelry District, just south of Downtown Providence.