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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... - 1854 - Cranston
Cranston, a township of Providence county, Rhode Island, 6 miles S. W. from Providence. The village contains one bank and several stores. Population, ...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- 1895 - Cranston
Crans’ton, a township of Providence co., R.I., on the W. of Narragansett Bay, contains various manufacturing villages, and is traversed by the...Read MORE... - 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.
Postcard- 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
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State Almshouse, Cranston, Providence, R. I.
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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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Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
 (Fiskeville) - Cranston Print Works, Cranston, R.I.)
Cranston Print Works, Cranston, R.I.
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Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
 (Fiskeville) - State Almshouse, Cranston, Providence, R. I.)
State Almshouse, Cranston, Providence, R. I.
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Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
 (Fiskeville) - Narragansett Brewing Company)
Narragansett Brewing Company
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Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
 (Fiskeville) - Narragansett Brewery)
Narragansett Brewery
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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
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1819 - Cranston
Cranston is a township situated about five miles southwesterly from Providence; bounded northerly on Providence and Johnston, easterly on Providence... Read MORE...
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1854 - Cranston
Cranston, a township of Providence county, Rhode Island, 6 miles S. W. from Providence. The village contains one bank and several stores. Population, ... 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
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1895 - Cranston
Crans’ton, a township of Providence co., R.I., on the W. of Narragansett Bay, contains various manufacturing villages, and is traversed by the... Read MORE...
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1896 - Joseph Shovenor, 6 years old, was drowned at Cranston, R. I.
North Adams Transcript
North Adams, Massachusetts
February 10, 1896
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1896 - September 7 - A H Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, RI
historyorb.com
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After losing much of its territory to neighboring towns and the city of Providence, Cranston itself became a city on 10 March 1910.
www.wikipedia.org
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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...
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"Discover Rhode Island" Episode 3: Cranston, RI
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