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Sassafras Site, RI 55

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NRHP Reference #
  
84000360

Nearest city
  
Albion

Added to NRHP
  
1 November 1984

Sassafras Site, RI-55

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, which spans the Blackstone River between Lincoln and Cumberland. The site encompasses a regionally significant quartz stone tool workshop.

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

References

Sassafras Site, RI-55 Wikipedia