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unusual facts about Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad



1838 in sports

In the U.S. six men of Providence, Rhode Island establish the Narragansett Boat Club on the tidal Seekonk River.

2009 Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics

However, it had to be relocated to Nassau, New Providence, because the reconstruction of the stadium in Freeport could not be completed in time.

Alain Resnais

With Providence (1977), Resnais made his first film in English, with a screenplay written by David Mercer, and a cast that included John Gielgud and Dirk Bogarde.

Alfredas Kulpa-Kulpavičius

These include Our Lady's Church, Montreal (1952), St. St. Casimir's Church, Winnipeg and St. Gregory's Church, Toronto (1959), Lithuanian Martyrs' Church, Mississauga, Providence of God Church and Cultural Center, Detroit and St. Thomas Church, London (1978), Corporation Canadien Tire Building, Toronto (1979) etc.

Arnold Safroni-Middleton

He played the violin in the Orchestra of "Her Majesty's Theatre" in Sydney, the Orchestra of the Opera House in Auckland, the Providence Opera House in Providence (Rhode Island), the Tokyo Orchestra, the Government House (Sarawak) Orchestra and the Government House (Hayti) Mexico Orchestra.

Barbara Doherty

In 1982 Doherty was on the steering committee to found the Women of Providence in Collaboration, an association of religious congregations related to Providence.

Bill Wakeham

He served as a Research Associate at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island.

Campus Compact

In 2009, Campus Compact moved its national office from the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island to the Downtown Crossing district of Boston, Massachusetts.

Captan Jack Wyly

Similarly, consideration of an enterprise zone, an idea championed by the late Jack Kemp, seems grandiose and unlikely to yield results for Lake Providence.

CODAC Behavioral Healthcare

CODAC has offices located in the Rhode Island communities of Cranston, Providence, Newport, East Providence, and Wakefield.

Crescendo Association

2010: Hamadryad (Canada), Moongarden (Italy), Gens De La Lune (France), Sylvan (band) (Germany), Il Castello Di Atlante (Italy), Special Providence (Hungary), Mavara (Iran), Kotebel (Spain), The Skys (Lithuania), Motis (France)

Danny Walsh

Daniel L. "Danny" Walsh (c. 1893-February 2, 1933?) was an organized crime figure in Providence, Rhode Island involved in bootlegging during Prohibition.

Davisville, Rhode Island

Both Amtrak and MBTA's Providence/Stoughton Line pass through Davisville, though there is no railroad station here.

Death Vessel

Born in Berlin, Germany and raised in Kennebunkport, Maine, Thibodeau moved to Boston, Massachusetts as a teenager and later to Providence, Rhode Island.

Edwin D. McGuinness

Edwin Daniel McGuinness (17 May, 1856 – 21 Apr, 1901) was Providence's first Irish Catholic mayor.

Farquhar Group

There are records of Maldivian mariner presence in the group from the 20th century, when a trading vessel from southern Maldives lost its course and reached Providence Atoll.

Frederic Whitaker

He went on to work with Gorham Manufacturing Company and Tiffany & Co., both noted producers of fine silver, and later bought and built up two companies on his own, Foley and Dugan in Providence and G.H. Seffert in New York.

Fylfot

A similar usage is to be found in the Central Congregational Church in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

George Stanley Gordon

In 1944, George Gordon enrolled and attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he majored in Psychology.

Goddard and Townsend

John Goddard made a famous six-shell desk-bookcase for Providence merchant Nicholas Brown.

Goodyear Aerospace

Also due to the lack of business during the depression, the company used its advanced aeronautical knowledge to design and build the high speed Comet commuter trains for the route between Boston and Providence.

Haven Brothers Diner

Hosts Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer (both of whom had worked at the NBC10 studios in Providence two blocks from Havens Brothers time-honored location beside Providence City Hall) had each -- independently -- chosen it as their favorite "old-time" diner.

Ihr Häuser des Himmels, ihr scheinenden Lichter, BWV 193a

It was the custom for congratulatory works such as this to feature allegorical characters; in this case they are: Providentia (Providence), Fama (Fame), Salus (Well-being) and Pietas (Piety).

International Association of Culinary Professionals

Since 1990, the association sponsored conferences in New Orleans, Philadelphia, Chicago, Portland, Providence, Baltimore, Dallas, and Seattle.

Isaac of Nineveh

A handful of sand, thrown into the sea, is what sinning is, when compared to God’s Providence and mercy.

John Hopkins Clarke

He was clerk of the supreme court of Providence County in 1813 and proprietor of a distillery in Cranston until 1824 when he became a cotton manufacturer in Providence, Pontiac, and Woonsocket.

Juan Cárdenas

Juan Cárdenas (1939), Colombian painter, born in Popayán, and studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, in the United States.

Juliett-class submarine

The Juliett unit K-77 while at a the maritime museum in Providence, Rhode Island, was slightly stage modified and used to act as the Hotel I SSBN K-19 in the National Geographic movie "K-19 Widowmaker" starring Harrison Ford.

Justin Bonsignore

Hi-lights include wins at Len Sammon's Indoor Kart Race at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island and the East End Shootout at Riverhead Raceway.

Karen Parshall

with David E. Rowe: The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community 1876–1900: J. J. Sylvester, Felix Klein, and E. H. Moore, AMS/LMS History of Mathematics 8, Providence/London 1994

with Jeremy J. Gray (eds.): Episodes in the History of Modern Algebra (1800–1950), AMS/LMS History of Mathematics 32, Providence/London 2007 (Conference at MSRI 2003)

KLKN

On January 16, 2012, KLKN, along with all Citadel stations (including WLNE-TV in Providence and KCAU-TV in Sioux City), began carrying Disney/ABC's Live Well Network, replacing the Retro Television Network on its subchannel and cable channels.

Larry Leon Hamlin

Although he earned a degree in business administration at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, he later studied theatre at Brown University.

Le'Shai Maston

Le'Shai Edwoin Maston (born October 7, 1970) is a former American football running back in the National Football League and current head football coach at Providence Christian School of Dallas, Texas.

Lucy Isabelle Marsh

Marsh married Walter Colwell Gordon, a medical doctor, in 1910, and moved to Providence, Rhode Island.

Myrth York

York was appointed to the Providence Zoning Board of Review and was re-appointed by incoming Mayor Angel Taveras in 2011.

New York, Providence and Boston Railroad

At Providence, a short car float across the Providence River led to the docks of the Boston and Providence Rail Road at India Point in Providence where travelers could continue on to Boston.

Privacy

Robert Ellis Smith, 2004, "Ben Franklin's Web Site, Privacy and Curiosity from Plymouth Rock to the Internet," Providence: Privacy Journal.

Providence Public School District

During the 1830s and 1840s, that system grew and prospered, especially in Providence, owing to the exertions of Samuel Bridgham, Nathan Bishop, and Thomas Wilson Dorr.

Resolutions of the United Church of Christ

==1999 - Twenty-second General Synod XXII held in Providence, Rhode Island==

St. John Providence Health System

The system started in 1999 with the merger of the Providence Health System and the St. John Health System into the St. John Health System due to the merger of the two systems' respective Roman Catholic congregation sponsors, the Daughters of Charity and the Sisters of St. Joseph, into Ascension Health.

St. Joseph's School, Bhagalpur

Rev Urban Mc Garry, the first Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Bhagalpur started an English Medium Co-Education school in Bhagalpur on 15 November 1982 and invited Sisters of St. Ann of Providence from Secunderabad as a core team to assist him.

Thayer Street

Thayer Street in Providence, Rhode Island is a popular destination for students of the area's nearby schools of Brown University, Moses Brown School, Wheeler School, RISD, Providence College, Johnson & Wales University, and Rhode Island College.

This Providence

In September 2005, This Providence announced that drummer Paul Benson was leaving the band to pursue new career paths, eventually with Apple Inc..

Todd A. Kessler

Kessler wrote and produced the second and third seasons of HBO's The Sopranos, Michael Mann's Robbery Homicide Division and the first season of NBC's Providence.

Toy soldier

Anne Seddon Kinsolving Brown of Providence, Rhode Island, USA, began collecting miniature toy soldiers on her honeymoon to Europe in 1930, eventually amassing a collection of over 6,000 figures; these are on display at the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection at Brown University Library in Providence.

WaterFire

Barnaby Evans received The Renaissance Award for his effort to revitalize downtown Providence, and WaterFire became the symbol of the city’s renaissance.

Wickenden Street

The street is surrounded by universities on the East Side of Providence's College Hill, including Brown University, RISD, Moses Brown School, & The Wheeler School.

William Russell House

Joseph and William Russell House, in Providence, Rhode Island, listed on the NRHP in Rhode Island

Zachariah Allen

Zachariah Allen (September 15, 1795 – March 17, 1882) was an American textile manufacturer, scientist, lawyer, writer, inventor and civil leader from Providence, Rhode Island.


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