Providence
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...with foreign commerce, and after the American Revolution, industrial development...District, where construction began in the early 1980s, and Waterplace Park have contributed...revival. Providence suffered severely in hurricanes in 1938 and 1954; a hurricane barrier was completed in 1966. See...