Rhode Island
The Davis Tire Pile in Smithfield was among the largest tire piles in the nation. It was finally cleaned up in 2000, when the last of more than 6 million discarded tires was hauled away.
General Dynamic's Electric Boat division operates a hull fabrication plant here, where large Navy vessels are assembled, mostly nuclear submarine hulls. The partially built vessels are barged to Electric Boat's main facility in Groton, Connecticut. The 169-...
Newport is home of the headquarters of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), one of four Navy centers engaged in research, development, testing, and evaluation of weapons and other systems related to naval warfare. Most of NUWC's work is related to submarine...
Richard Fleischner made this earthwork in 1974, on the grounds of the Chateau-sur-Mer, one of the preserved mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. The piece is a low, circular maze, made of mounded earth, about 18 inches high and covered in the same grass as the...