Pawtuxet River
The Pawtuxet River is a river in Rhode Island which flows through five communities: Coventry, Cranston, Scituate, Warwick and West Warwick. Water from six other communities drains through the Pawtuxet Watershed to the Pawtuxet River: Foster, Glocester, Johnston, Providence, West Greenwich and Exeter.
This celebrated river rises in the western part of the state. It has numerous tributaries, and mingles with the waters of the Narraganset, five miles below Providence. This river is distinguished for its valuable mill sites and for the numerous manufacturing establishments erected on its banks. The Pawtuxet and its branches fertilize a large portion of the state.