New England Wireless and Steam Museum
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours: Thursday 9:00 AM—noon
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Rhode Island
- Address: 1300 Frenchtown Road, East Greenwich, RI 02818
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Davisville Historic District and Davisville Free Library.
Davisville Historic District
Historic site
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The Davisville Historic District is a historic district on Davisville Road in Davisville, Rhode Island, a village in North Kingstown. It encompasses the site of an early 19th-century mill, and several associated buildings, including five houses dating to the 18th or 19th century and a cemetery. Davisville Historic District is situated 1½ miles east of New England Wireless and Steam Museum.
Davisville Free Library
Library
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Davisville Free Library is situated 2 miles east of New England Wireless and Steam Museum.
Six Principle Baptist Church
Church
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Stony Lane Six Principle Baptist Church, also known as the Old Baptist Meeting House, is a historic church in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. As of 2009 it was one of the last surviving historical congregations of the Six Principle Baptist denomination and one of the oldest churches in the United States. Six Principle Baptist Church is situated 2½ miles southeast of New England Wireless and Steam Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Exeter and East Greenwich.
Exeter
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Exeter is a small, spread-out town in southwestern Rhode Island. Exeter is noted by folklorists as the site of one of the best documented examples of vampire exhumation: the Mercy Brown Vampire Incident of 1892.
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.
Lafayette
Neighborhood
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Lafayette Village is a historic district extending along Ten Rod Road in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It encompasses a linear rural and industrial village, running from the Wickford Junction railroad crossing in the west to Angel Avenue in the east, and includes a number of residential properties on adjacent side streets. Lafayette is situated 4 miles southeast of New England Wireless and Steam Museum.
New England Wireless and Steam Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Town of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.6242° or 41° 37′ 27″ northLongitude
-71.51265° or 71° 30′ 46″ westOpen location code
87HCJFFP+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 548470515OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7007432
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Frenchtown Baptist Church and East Greenwich Fire Station #2.
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