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NARRAGANSETT -- If you see two guys gazing at a remote-controlled airplane winging its way through the Narragansett sky, don't accuse them of goofing off during work hours. Full story ...
Jamestown's bridges
The bridges that form the two entrances to Jamestown -- the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge, heading from North Kingstown to the island in the foreground, and the Pell Bridge, leading to Newport near top right -- are the framework of this aerial photograph shot Sept. 11.
Washington County Fair
Opening Day at Washington County Fair is seen in this aerial photo, shot Wednesday from a 2½-pound radio-controlled airplane mounted with a camera, and operated by Nate Bousquet of Don Bousquet and Son Aerial Photography. You can tell it's Opening Day because in the photo's lower right quarter, tucked amid the trees, are cars that were on display that day as part of a one-day antique-auto show, including a yellow Studebaker Lark VI convertible.
Gordon Greene Post
Is that a car in the water of Hopkinton's Locustville Pond? You bet -- it's an Amphicar, a German-built vehicle that's as at home in the drink as on the land.
The Amphicar, with a top speed of 7 miles per hour on water and 70 on land, is the only civilian amphibious passenger automobile ever to be mass produced, according to www.amphicar.com. They were built only as convertibles, and only between 1961 and 1968; just 3,878 were made.
This one is the baby of Roy Dubs, the millionaire Hopkinton philanthropist who helped found Ocean State Job Lot. He's behind the wheel, with his 8-year-old daughter, Alexandra, in the passenger's seat.
The Amphicar, with a top speed of 7 miles per hour on water and 70 on land, is the only civilian amphibious passenger automobile ever to be mass produced, according to www.amphicar.com. They were built only as convertibles, and only between 1961 and 1968; just 3,878 were made.
This one is the baby of Roy Dubs, the millionaire Hopkinton philanthropist who helped found Ocean State Job Lot. He's behind the wheel, with his 8-year-old daughter, Alexandra, in the passenger's seat.
Scarborough Beach, Narragansett
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What's more summery than a day at Narragansett's Scarborough State Beach? The white sand and clear water of the beach, Rhode Island's largest and busiest, are seen at one of Scarborough's less-crowded moments in this June 13 aerial photo looking toward Point Judith.
Also visible are the beach's stone pavilion and part of its 2,900-car parking lot.
Scarborough was originally developed in 1937, and the private Olivo's and Lido beaches were added to the state's land in the 1980s. The result, according to Rhode Island's parks Web site, www.riparks.com, is a 26-acre facility with 2,325 feet of beach frontage.Perryville Antique Car Show
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More than 100 antique cars -- dating back to before 1970 -- were on display at the South Kingstown Land Trust Barn during the organization's annual Perryville Days. The barn is hidden from view by a thick growth of trees, but in the upper left-hand corner you can see Route 1 North. In the upper right-hand corner, Matunuck Beach Road leads from Route 1 not only to the beach, but to the nearby Theatre By The Sea.
Fort Wetherill State Park, Jamestown
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Fort Wetherill State Park in Jamestown, with its gun emplacements of steel-reinforced concrete, sits on 100-foot-granite cliffs, according to www.riparks.com, a Web site of the state Department of Environmental Management. It was a part of America's coastal defense system from the Revolution to World War II, but air power made it obsolete, and shortly after the war ended its guns were sold for scrap. Quonochontaug Breachway, Charlestown
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Are the grid-like lines in the sand, seen to the left of Charlestown's Quonochontaug Breachway in this aerial photo, part of the efforts to restore the health of South County’s salt marshes? Signs of aquaculture? Manifestations of alien visitation?Hazard Rock, Narragansett
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Hazard Rock is the largest of the rocks off Hazard Avenue, the street running from left to right near the photo’s center. This treacherously slippery oceanfront stonescape has been the site of at least two deaths and nine rescues since 1984. Ocean Road cuts across the photo’s bottom right.
Ocean House, Westerly
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Behind the hotel site is the village of Watch Hill, leading out to Napatree Point. The point is the most southwesterly corner of Rhode Island. In the distance at upper right, past Little Narragansett Bay, is the coastline of Stonington, Conn. At left, past the edge of Block Island Sound, is the shore of Fishers Island, N.Y.
Ladies of the Rolling Pin, Narragansett
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A gaggle of hardy spectators turned out at the crack of dawn as the Ladies of the Rolling Pin welcomed in spring with a May Day dance at the beach in Narragansett. The Ladies, dancing in their black dresses, white aprons and white caps, are a border Morris dancing troupe that has been greeting May at the Narragansett beach for the last three years. In this aerial photo, shot at 6:15 a.m., they are dancing in a circular pattern in a parking lot that adjoins the landmark Towers. A bit of the building is visible in the photo's upper right corner; the patio at the nearby Coast Guard House stands behind it.
South County Hospital
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South County Hospital, founded in 1919, includes the glass-fronted Frost Family Pavilion, a three-story structure that opened in January, with 60 private rooms for patients. To its left, the dome stands above the hospital's new "front door," or main entrance.
Tucker's Pond, South Kingstown
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Tucker's Pond, a popular recreation area in South Kingstown near the Charlestown line, is home of "crystal clear," water.
Shelter Harbor, Westerly
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Westerly’s Shelter Harbor Inn is at the center in the foreground of this aerial photo shot March 24. The original white farmhouse, dating to the early 1800s, is the basis of the building, but it’s been added to many times over the years, even as it became an inn in 1911, a riding academy in the 1930s, a nursing home in the 1940s, and an inn again since 1950.
Horseshoe Falls, Shannock
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A tale of two families is hidden in this aerial photo that shows Horseshoe Falls in Shannock and the white water of the Pawcatuck River below the falls. The falls and river are the centerpiece of Shannock, a village that straddles the line between Richmond and Charlestown. On their left side were the enterprises of the Clark Family, which in 1848 built the horseshoe-shaped dam that created Horseshoe Falls at the site of a natural waterfall.
Neale and Watson farms, Jamestown
A pair of Jamestown's best-known farms are seen, looking southeast to Newport and the Pell Bridge. In the foreground is Watson Farm, founded in 1789 by Job Watson and farmed for the next five generations by members of the Watson family. Owned by the preservation group Historic New England, it's the only farm on the island open to the public. Behind Watson Farm is the Neale Farm, still a family farm. In September, Jamestown voters agreed to spend the millions of dollars needed to buy the conservation rights to Neale Farm and the adjoining Dutra Farm, assuring they will remain open space.
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Succotash Point docks, South Kingstown
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The docks at Succotash Point in South Kingstown are nearly empty. "Normally, we don't have the luxury of a runway like this," said Don Bousquet; the plane usually must take off and land in tiny spaces.
Jamestown Windmill
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The historic Jamestown Windmill, built in 1787, sits off North Road on Windmill Hill, about 80 feet above sea level, and its 25-foot sails once faced a wind unobstructed by trees. A three-ton shaft of white oak, 19 feet long and 33 inches around, turns when the sails catch the wind.
Hazard Castle, Narragansett
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Hazard Castle -- the gabled 19th-century stone building in Narragansett that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence wants to sell -- and its associated buildings are the centerpiece of the 38-acre Our Lady of Peace Spiritual Center, which the diocese put on the block in September 2007.
Port of Galilee, Narragansett
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The port of Galilee glistens in the snow in this aerial photo. At the piers to the right are fishing vessels and the Block Island ferry, which is the long white boat. The large white building at the photo's center is a fish-processing plant. Above it, angled toward the photo's upper left corner, is the bridge to Great Island, with Point Judith Pond (aka Great Salt Pond) on its left and Bluff Hill Cove on its right. And the road heading toward the photo's right, along Bluff Hill Cove, is the Galilee Escape Road, which takes you toward Route 108.
Narragansett in the snow
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Narragansett is postcard-pretty in this aerial photo taken after a snowstorm left a covering of the snow that's mostly been absent this winter. The red brick post office is at center left, while the stone landmark The Towers stands near the right bottom of the photo, with the Coast Guard House to its right and the white Lila Delman Real Estate building directly below it. Above The Towers, waves rush in toward the Town Beach, heading toward Canonchet, the Dunes Club, and the cluster of white buildings at upper right that is Bonnet Shores. Middle Bridge is the white band crossing the Narrow River at upper left.
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The Prout School, a coed Catholic high school in South Kingstown, is seen in this Jan. 29 aerial photo. Pettaquamscutt Cove is in the background, while Route 1 runs in front of the school. The school stands on an estate previously known as Shepherd's Run, according to its Web site, www.theproutschool.org. In 1959, the 212-acre estate was sold to the Sisters of the Cross and Passion, of Manchester, England. On Sept. 8, 1966, the sisters opened Prout Memorial High School for Girls, named after the order's founder, Mother Mary Joseph Prout.
West Beach, Charlestown
bousquetaerials.com / Nate Bousquet
You won’t find it on the map, where Charlestown’s East Beach slides seamlessly into Quonochontaug Beach. But the rocky little segment of beachfront where West Beach Road makes a bend is known as “West Beach,” leading — up and to the right — to Central Beach and then to East Beach, says Charlestown Town Councilwoman Katharine H. Waterman, who lives nearby.
Dunn's Corners, Westerly
bousquetaerials.com / Nate Bousquet
But however you spell it, it's the crossroads that begins the commercial strip on Route 1 in Westerly. Coming down from the intersection is Langworthy Road, leading to Langworthy Corner and then to Weekapaug; going up is Dunn's Corners Bradford Road, heading toward McGowan Corners and then to the village of Bradford.Arrayed along the corner are a series of businesses, big and small: Wal-Mart and Benny's, in the upper right quarter of the intersection; the Dunn Corner Mobil station and Valenti Toyota Scion in the lower right quarter.
Elm Street, Westerly
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Four churches, a theater in a former church, and a Masonic lodge can be seen photo centered on Elm Street in Westerly. At the bottom of the photo - where Broad, Granite and Elm Streets come together - on the right is Christ Episcopal Church, a stone structure consecrated in 1894. To the left is the Granite Theatre, with its white cupola, housed in a restored Greek Revival church that was completed in 1849 as the "Christian Chapel in Westerly."
Downtown Westerly
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This aerial photo was shot from Wilcox Park, the tip of which can be seen at bottom center. Directly up from that is, at left, the Westerly Public Library -- both the original 1894 building, built to contain a bowling alley, gymnasium, art gallery and museum as well books, and the 1992 addition. At the library's right is the 1914 U.S. post office, still in use.
Wickford Harbor, North Kingstown
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Wickford Cove, the body of water in the photo's foreground, opens into Wickford Harbor, and from there the water spills into Narragansett Bay. Across Wickford Cove in the photo's center right is Big Rock Point; moving left and a bit up from there you'll find Sauga Point and then, traveling back right and along the coast, Quonset Point. Brown Street, the village's commercial backbone, is the thoroughfare that runs from bottom center up toward the left, where it ends at Main Street (if you turn right) and West Main (if you turn left).
Dale Carlia Corner, Wakefield
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Dale Carlia Corner in Wakefield is the commercial hub of South Kingstown. Visible are stores including Belmont Market, CVS/pharmacy and Benny's. The white building at bottom center is a branch of the Bank of America. Also on view is the building at lower left that houses The Journal's South County office.
Succotash Point, South Kingstown
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Succotash Point in South Kingstown became briefly famous in 1982, when President Ronald Reagan, tired of reporters dwelling on the negative during a recession by seeking out jobless workers to interview, asked rhetorically: “Is it news that some fellow out in South Succotash someplace has just been laid off …?”
Scarborough and Spain
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The view up the coast from Point Judith toward Scarborough Beach is seen in an aerial photo. The cluster of houses near top center is the Eastward Look housing development. At far top right, you can just make out the Claiborne Pell Bridge leading from Jamestown to Newport.
The URI Quadrangle
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Looking northwest at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, with the quadrangle in the foreground. The castle-like building at center left is Davis Hall. The undeveloped area at top lies north of Flagg Road.
The Town of Narragansett
bousquetaerials.com / Nate Bousquet
As you might expect, the parking lot at Narragansett Town Beach, in the foreground, is nearly empty in this photo taken in early November, and the small portion of the beach visible at lower left is completely so. To the pond's left are Gilbane's new Seaside Condominiums, and behind them the company's Pier Village and Marketplace. And off to the right, in a break in the trees near the horizon, is Narragansett High School.
Beef Island, South Kingstown
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Beef Island, located on the South Kingstown side of Point Judith Pond - better known as Salt Pond - is about 25 yards offshore near the foot of Jerry Brown Farm Road, and mostly submerged at high tide.
Narrow River, North Kingstown
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If the head of Narrow, or Pettaquamscutt, River in North Kingstown looks milky white, it's no optical illusion. For the first time in 17 years, the river in October 2007 saw an "overturn" -- that is, the bottom water rose to the top, releasing sulfur into the air and changing the river's color for several weeks.
Nordic Lodge and Pasquiset Pond, Charlestown
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Charlestown's famed Nordic Lodge, beside Pasquiset Pond, is noted for its $70-per-adult all-you-can-eat buffet. But the pond the restaurant overlooks is noteworthy, too: it's 37 feet deep in some places, retired contractor Ken Lawrence, who lives in one of two dozen houses on its shores.
Middle Bridge, South Kingstown
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Middle Bridge is the center span of three bridges that connect the South Kingstown bank of the Narrow (or Pettaquamscutt) River, unseen at bottom, to the Narragansett side of the river, at top.
Moonstone Beach, South Kingstown
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Moonstone Beach was once a nudists' paradise, but now only the threatened piping plovers and other wildlife can use it between April 1 and Sept. 15. It's part of the Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, and Trustom Pond is seen at upper left; at center right are two arms of Cards Pond, separated by Moonstone Beach Road.
Weekapaug Breachway, Westerly
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The Weekapaug Breachway is a prime fishing area, and a dramatic channel through the Westerly landscape as seen from the air. The breachway, which connects Winnapaug Pond to Block Island Sound near Weekapaug Point, was completed in May, 1954.
Casey Farm, North Kingstown
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North Kingstown's historic Casey Farm includes a view of cars and a blue tent, present because the photo was shot on a Saturday morning, when the Coastal Growers' Market is set up at the farm on Boston Neck Road. Casey Farm is both museum and working farm, 300 acres that stretch from the Pettaquamscutt, or Narrow, River, to Narragansett Bay.
Block Island's hotels, New Shoreham
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An expanse of Block Island, from Old Harbor to New Harbor, is seen from the air in this aerial photo. At left center are the National Hotel, facing Water Street, and the Surf Hotel, around the curve on Dodge Street, its back to the beach. At upper right are the boats of New Harbor, a brisk walk away. Between them are Harbor Pond, at center, and Trims Pond.
Watch Hill lighthouse, Westerly
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The Watch Hill lighthouse stands sentinel over Block Island Sound in this aerial photo. It's seen at the tip of the peninsula at right. Closer to the photo's top, at center, a barge and crane head for the horizon. The lighthouse celebrated its 150th birthday, and the 200th anniversary of a lighthouse having stood there, though the exact dates are subject to some dispute.
Swamp Yankee Days Festival, Hopkinton
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In 15 years, Ashaway's Swamp Yankee Days festival has become a South County tradition -- even an icon. In the photo, Crandall House, home to the Hopkinton Recreation Department, and its barn and outbuildings are at center. In the lower right is a classic-car show that's part of the festival. Fall's colors, just beginning to change, can be seen in some of the trees at top. At far right, you can see part of the 750-square cow-chip bingo grid that is a mainstay of the festival.
Black Point, Narragansett
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The view looking north from Black Point, which is just north of Scarborough Beach in Narragansett. The parking area for the state-owned land is at extreme left; it's a long walk on paths through jungle-like growth from the parking area to get to the point. With no level, smooth place to land the model airplane from which the photo was taken, Nate Bousquet had to land it in soft bushes instead.
Conanicut Marina in Jamestown
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Conanicut Marina in Jamestown is seen from the air, with the Pell Bridge in the background. The marina was built in 1974 by May and Bill Munger, who still run it. It's a full-service boatyard and chandlery, as well as home base for the summer-only Jamestown & Newport Ferry; in the winter, seal-watch cruises leave from it.
Jamestown Seaside Family Cruise
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The classic-custom-car show
known as the Jamestown Seaside Family Cruise was held
Sept. 2, 2007, at Fort Getty Park.
Bonnet Shores Beach Club
bousquetaerials / NATE BOUSQUET
These days, Narragansett's Bonnet Shores Beach Club is owned piece by piece -- it went condo in 1987. It opened in 1929, the brainchild of state Sen. Sen. Harry T. Bodwell, of Cranston, who built it on land that once made up three farms off Boston Neck Road.
Camp Fuller
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Established in 1887 as all-male Camp Lawton, it became coed in 1978, and the number of girls has exceeded the number of boys every year since 1995. The camp was named in 1914 for Frederic H. Fuller, the Y’s longtime president and owner of a metal foundry, after he helped obtain the land where it is now situated.
Napatree Point
bousquetaerials / NATE BOUSQUET
Three states are seen in this unusual aerial view heading out toward Napatree Point, in the Watch Hill section of Westerly. The point is both barrier beach and bird habitat, home to ospreys and federally protected piping plovers, and a stopping point for migratory birds.
Narragansett Town Beach
Special to the Journal / Nate Bousquet
On any summer weekend, Narragansett Town Beach and Pavilion are among the most popular places in South County. The white sand is covered with blankets and sun-worshipers, the parking lots are filled with cars. The beach stretches up to Canonchet Beach and Beach Club, near the top; above that, the mouth of the Narrow River and the Dunes Club.
Theatre-by-the-Sea
Special to the Journal / Nate Bousquet
Theatre-by-the-Sea in Matunuck is seen in this aerial photo, with the gazebo to the right of the ticket office in the foreground, and the old barn theater and its restaurant behind them. To the right of the theater complex is Cards Pond, which gives its name to the road the theater is on; behind the spit of land near the top, on which there are Victorian houses, is Block Island Sound.
Kinney Bungalow
Special to the Journal / Nate Bousquet
Sunset Farm in Narragansett and its party house, Kinney Bungalow, are shown, with Rhode Island Sound in the background.
Sunset Farm
Special to the Journal / Nate Bousquet
In these photos in our series of South County icons, Sunset Farm in Narragansett and its farmhouse. The farmland was divided and bought in 1850 by James W. Anthony, who built the farmhouse and outbuildings in 1862. Anthony's son, James E., sold the property in 1897 to Francis S. Kinney, a New York tobacco magnate.
URI Bay Campus
Special to the Journal / Nate Bousquet
A bird's-eye view of URI Bay Campus in Narragansett. The research ship Endeavor seen docked at center.
Pell Bridge
Special to the Journal / Nate Bousquet
Taking you out of South County toward the East Bay is the Clairborne Pell Bridge, still better known to longtime Rhode Islanders as the Newport Bridge -- even though it's carried the name of the longtime U.S. senator since 1992.
Special to the Journal / Nate Bousquet
The Towers is the only remaining part of the Narragansett Pier Casino, designed by McKim, Mead & White, and built between 1883 and 1886 in the heart of a then-thriving resort that featured 19 major luxury hotels.
Bonnet Shores
Special to the Journal / Nate Bousquet
A bird's-eye view of Bonnet Shores in Narragansett
Beavertail
Special to the Journal / Nate Bousquet
A bird's-eye view of Beavertail in Jamestown
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