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Did you know... that three decades after chasing away surveyors for a previous railroad with guns, residents of Wickford, Rhode Island, built their own railroad?

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Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company is currently a Transport good article nominee. Nominated by Trainsandotherthings (talk) at 00:36, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

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Short description: Railroad in Rhode Island (1871–1909)

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

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

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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.[reply]

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)[reply]