New England Wireless and Steam Museum, East Greenwich

Name: New England Wireless and Steam Museum
Address: 1300 Frenchtown Rd, East Greenwich, 02818-1309, United States
Telephone: +1 401-885-0545

#1 among attractions in East Greenwich

Top attraction, Specialty museum, Museum, Science museum

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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. ()

Established: 1964 (60 years ago)Coordinates: 41°37'27"N, 71°30'46"W

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1300 Frenchtown RdFrenchtownEast Greenwich 02818-1309 United States

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+1 401-885-0545

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New England Wireless and Steam Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Seabee Museum, Quidnessett Country Club, Governor Greene Cemetery, Six Principle Baptist Church.

3.5 miE
Museum, Military museum
Seabee Museum, North Kingstown
90 min walk • Seabee Museum and Memorial Park is a non-profit military history museum in Davisville, Rhode Island, devoted to the Seabees of the U.S. Navy. Quonset Point, where the Seabee Museum is located was a major United States Navy base during World War II, home to the Naval Air Station Quonset Point and the birthplace of the iconic Quonset Hut.
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41°38'29"N • 71°24'54"W
Quidnessett Country Club, Quonset Point
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Cemetery
Governor Greene Cemetery, Warwick
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2.5 miSE
Church, Greek Revival architecture
Six Principle Baptist Church, North Kingstown
63 min walk • Six Principle Baptist Church 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.
4.2 miNE
41°39'47"N • 71°27'1"W
Greenwich Odeum, East Greenwich
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Church, Greek Revival architecture
Baptist Church in Exeter, Exeter
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4 miNE
Historical place, Windmill
Windmill Cottage, Warwick
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5.1 miNE
41°39'44"N • 71°25'37"W
Potowomut Golf Club, Warwick
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3.2 miS
41°34'39"N • 71°30'47"W
Rolling Greens Golf Course, North Kingstown
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Island
Fox Island
175 min walk • Fox Island is an island in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, in the United States of America. It lies between Conanicut Island and North Kingstown just south of the village of Wickford, Rhode Island. The island is a part of the town of North Kingstown.
4 miNE
Greek Revival architecture
Col. Micah Whitmarsh House, East Greenwich
103 min walk • The Colonel Micah Whitmarsh House is an historic house in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. The 2-1/2 story Greek Revival style brick house was built c. 1767-1771 by John Reynolds, and acquired in 1773 by Micah Whitmarsh, a founding member of the local Kentish Guards militia, which are located nearby in the Armory of the Kentish Guards.