Rhode Island Coal Mines at Carnegie Abbey Golf Resort
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Portsmouth, RI Coal Mine
COAL MINES BENEATH CARNEGIE ABBEY GOLF COURSE
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Most golfers at Carnegie Abbey Club are unaware that the water used to irrigate the golf course comes from miles and miles of abandoned coal mines running east/west from Narragansett Bay to East Main Rd. and north/south from Portsmouth town hall and to Melville Marina. Â Today, the mines contain an estimated 400 million gallons of fresh water. Carnegie Abbey's original developer briefly considered bottling this fresh water under a private Carnegie Abbey label.Â
HISTORY OF MINING PORTSMOUTH RI
In the early 19th century they were teeming with men and mules mining coal to fuel America's industrial revolution. The mules hauled the coal bins in and out of the…
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