Shippee Corner

Shippee Corner is a neighborhood in Town of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. Shippee Corner is situated nearby to the neighborhood Spencers Corner, as well as near Tarbox Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include New England Wireless and Steam Museum and East Greenwich High School.

New England Wireless and Steam Museum

Museum

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The New England Wireless and Steam Museum is an electrical and mechanical engineering museum at 1300 Frenchtown Road in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, with working steam engines and an early wireless station and technology archives.

East Greenwich High School

School

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East Greenwich High School is a public secondary school located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, U.S. The school serves students in grades 9–12 in the East Greenwich Public Schools system. East Greenwich High School is situated 2 miles east of Shippee Corner.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crompton and East Greenwich.

Crompton

Village

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Crompton is a community in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. It is named after Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule. The Crompton Mill was set up in 1807, on the east bank of the Pawtuxet River, and is thought to be the first stone mill built in Rhode Island. Crompton is situated 3 miles north of Shippee Corner.

East Greenwich

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East Greenwich is centrally located in the state of Rhode Island on the western shore of the Narragansett Bay. With numerous historical landmarks, East Greenwich continues to be proud of its history.

Spring Lake

Neighborhood

Spring Lake is a village in the town of Coventry, Rhode Island. The Johnson family were early owners of the land in the area and, in 1818, sold the property to Ezra Ramsdell to build a warp thread mill along the Mishnock River. Spring Lake is situated 4 miles northwest of Shippee Corner.

Shippee Corner

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Town of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.64292° or 41° 38′ 35″ north

Longitude

-71.52162° or 71° 31′ 18″ west

Elevation

269 feet (82 metres)

Open location code

87HCJFVH+59

OpenStreetMap ID

node 201127516

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

5224878

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