Waterford, Rhode Island
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Waterford, Rhode Island
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Waterford is a village located on and around St. Paul Street in North Smithfield, Rhode Island and Blackstone, Massachusetts. The Blackstone River and Branch River converge just south of the village. Waterford was developed in 1824 by Welcome Farnum, a Yankee entrepreneur, who purchased land, built a dam on the Branch River, and constructed the first textile mill called Red Mill. He named the village Waterford because many of the Irish workers in his mill came from Waterford, Ireland. The last m
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Village in Massachusetts, United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford,_Rhode_Island
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2023-11-11T19:49:52Z
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