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RHODE ISLAND
Find Rhode Island real estate listings, houses for sale, new homes, foreclosures and
more. View the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in many areas. Click a link below
to view homes for sale in Rhode IslandRhode Island, smallest of the 50
states, is densely populated and highly industrialized. It is a major center for
jewelry manufacturing. Electronics, metal, plastic products, and boat and ship
construction are other important industries. Non-manufacturing employment
includes research in health, medicine, and the ocean environment. Providence is
a wholesale distribution center for New England.
Fishing ports are at Galilee and Newport. Rural areas of the state support
small-scale farming, including grapes for local wineries, turf grass, and
nursery stock. Tourism generates over a billion dollars a year in revenue.
Newport became famous as the summer capital of high society in the mid-19th
century. Touro Synagogue (1763) is the oldest in the U.S. Other points of
interest include the Roger Williams National Memorial in Providence, Samuel
Slater's Mill in Pawtucket, the General Nathanael Greene Homestead in Coventry,
and Block Island.
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Map of Rhode Island Counties
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