River Point in West Warwick, Rhode Island

West Warwick, Rhode Island

West Warwick is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 29,191 at the 2010 census.West Warwick was incorporated in 1913, making it the youngest town in the state. Prior to 1913, the town, situated on the western bank of the Pawtuxet River, was the population and...

, United States

United States

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, is a community made up of mill houses and three mills. As of 2006 two are being rehabilitated as condominium

Condominium

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s and office projects and the third is still manufacturing high quality hand soap.

The "soap mill" is known as The Original Bradford Soap Works. The other two mills were known variously as the Valley Queen Mill which was sometimes called the Royal Mill and the other was known as Ace Dying and Finishing. The Valley Queen mill was a complete textile mill with combing, spinning and weaving operations while the Ace mill was established to finish the goods.

The name Riverpoint is derived by virtue of the fact that the North and South branches of the Pawtuxet River

Pawtuxet River

The Pawtuxet River is a river in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows and drains a watershed of . There are four dams along the river's length.-Course:...

merge into a single river at the point immediately behind the Bradford Soap Works.