Sassafras Site, RI-55

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Sassafras Site, RI-55
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Nearest city Albion, Rhode Island
NRHP reference # 84000360 [1]
Added to NRHP November 1, 1984

The Sassafras Site, designated RI-55, is a prehistoric archaeological site in Albion, a village of Lincoln, Rhode Island. The site was discovered by archaeologists while surveying an area for a potential replacement for the Albion Street bridge, [2] which spans the Blackstone River between Lincoln and Cumberland. The site encompasses a regionally significant quartz stone tool workshop. [3]

Albion, Rhode Island village and historic district in Lincoln, Rhode Island

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Blackstone River river in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, USA

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The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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