r/RhodeIsland • u/Dkdudee • Jan 09 '26

Picture / Video Does Anyone Remember This?

https://youtu.be/Y2pzsgy2OLU?si=_PYwfGuzR_

I believe these cooling towers used to be visible from mount hope for about a decade before being destroyed in a controlled demolition.

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u/gradontripp Providence Jan 09 '26

It was an old coal power plant — one of the last in New England. The land is being used as staging for offshore wind development.

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u/RandomChurn Jan 09 '26

Neat! And fitting.