Template:Did you know nominations/Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company

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The result was: promoted by Dying (talk) 14:42, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company

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• ... that after chasing away surveyors for a previous railroad with guns, residents of Wickford, Rhode Island, eventually changed their minds and built their own railroad? Source: "Wickford Wants Reduced Fares". Manufacturers and Farmers Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. July 16, 1906. p. 12. [1]
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Frelinghuysen University
  • Comment: Will complete QPQ soon. QPQ done.

Created by Trainsandotherthings (talk). Self-nominated at 19:33, 14 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Trainsandotherthings: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:37, 15 February 2023 (UTC)