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Place Name
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Central Falls
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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17,637 (1990)
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Location
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Providence County, Rhode Island (RI), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°54'N
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Longitude
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71°23'W
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Central Falls
, industrial city (1990 pop. 17,637), Providence
co., NE R.I., on Blackstone R. (bridged here), adjoining Pawtucket, and
6 mi/9.7 km N of Providence in area the
smallest city in the state; 41°54'N 71°23'W. Declining textiles and
thread, glass, glass fabrics, food prods., beverages, plastics, toys,
chemicals, machinery; printing. Privately-owned prison for federal
prisoners. Once called Chocolate Hill after a chocolate works est.
there in 1790. Inc. 1895.
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