Newport Shipyard - Fall River Line Wharves (Newport, Rhode Island)

USA / Rhode Island / Newport / Newport, Rhode Island / Washington Street, 1
 restaurant, cafe, marina, shipyard, paddlewheel steamer
Marina, shipyard and so much more, great outdoor cafe and so worth wandering around to see the best of the best here.
www.newportshipyard.com/
Belle's Café open for breakfast & lunch! www.newportshipyard.com/bellescafe.asp

see also - wikimapia.org/23588010/Cottrell%E2%80%99s-Wharf-Newpor...

An 1893 map/overlay showing the extensive Old Colony Railroad yards that were located here. - www.historicmapworks.com/Overlay/?m=14678&c=US

[In October, 1861, the Newport City Council conveyed land to the Old
Colony and Fall River Railroad Company for the construction of a rail-
road from the city limits to the Massachusetts boundary line; the first
train ran over the road in February, 1864.]

The Fall River Steamship terminal/docks were located on either side of the shipyard, [1863 - 1937] end of State Pier and what is now the Goat Island causeway - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_River_Line

xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/newport/leisure/fallriv...

Cruise History: The Old Fall River Line - goo.gl/wlCcn and www.americanheritage.com/content/old-fall-river-line

Boston, Newport and New York Steams boat Company. Organized in 1863, this company purchased the famous "Fall River Line" by acquiring The Bay State Steam Boat Company. With the Old Colony Railroads' extension from Fall River to Newport completed in 1864, The BNNSC moved its terminus from Fall River to Newport, RI In 1869 the company was sold with all its boats (The Bay State, Empire State, Metropolis, Newport, and Old Colony) to the competing firm, The Narragansett Steamship Company controlled by James Fisk Jr. In 1874, the line was acquired by The Old Colony Steamboat Company.


Old Colony Steamboat Company. Purchased the "Fall River Line" from the Boston, Newport and New York Steamsboat Company in 1874. Purchased again in 1894 by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. The Fall River Line became a division of the New England Navigation Company in 1906. Steamship service on the "Fall River Line" ended in 1937.

and more on the steamships - openlibrary.org/books/OL13522886M/Fifty_photographic_vi...
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Coordinates:   41°29'25"N   71°19'20"W

Comments

  • This place is worth every dime. Competent to a fault for dockage, hauling major and minor repairs. Pricey, but worth it.
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