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"Crans’ton, a township of Providence co., R.I., on the W. of Narragansett Bay, contains various manufacturing villages, and is traversed by the Hartford, Providence & Fishkill and Providence & Stonington Railroads. P. 5088."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
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- The Town of Cranston was created in 1754 from a portion of Providence north of the Pawtuxet River.
www.wikipedia.org - 1819 - Cranston
Cranston is a township situated about five miles southwesterly from Providence; bounded northerly on Providence and Johnston, easterly on Providence...Read MORE... 
1889 - The Spring Lake reservoir, near Fiskville, in the southwest corner of Cranston, about 15 miles from Providence, Rhode Island, which supplies a whole row of mill villages, burst.
Three persons were drowned and some damage done.
The Indiana Progress
Indiana, Pennsylvania
September 4, 1889- 1896 - Joseph Shovenor, 6 years old, was drowned at Cranston, R. I.
North Adams Transcript
North Adams, Massachusetts
February 10, 1896 - 1896 - September 7 - A H Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, RI
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Cranston Print Works, Cranston, R.I.- After losing much of its territory to neighboring towns and the city of Providence, Cranston itself became a city on 10 March 1910.
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Narragansett Brewing Company
State Almshouse, Cranston, Providence, R. I.- 1916
Cranston, a post-village of Providence co., R.I., in Cranston township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 4 miles SW. of Providence. ...Read MORE... 
Narragansett Brewery
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