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'Forestdale' is a village and census-designated place (CDP) located in North Smithfield, Rhode Island in Providence County, Rhode Island one-half mile from Slatersville, Rhode Island. School Street is the primary road through the village, and the Branch River runs adjacent to the road in the valley. The Village Haven Restaurant and local VFW chapter are also located in the village.
The village was originally owned by the Forestdale Manufacturing Company, a textile mill, later purchased by John Slater & Co. The Mansfield & Lamb scythe-shop manufactured sycthes and later tools in Forestdale starting in 1824, and during the American Civil War manufactured swords and sabres for Union Forces. The mills used water power from the Branch River to power their equipment.
★ Forestdale History
★ Walter Nebiker, ''The History of North Smithfield'' (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1976).
Forestdale School house from the nineteenth century
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History
The village was originally owned by the Forestdale Manufacturing Company, a textile mill, later purchased by John Slater & Co. The Mansfield & Lamb scythe-shop manufactured sycthes and later tools in Forestdale starting in 1824, and during the American Civil War manufactured swords and sabres for Union Forces. The mills used water power from the Branch River to power their equipment.
References and external links
★ Forestdale History
★ Walter Nebiker, ''The History of North Smithfield'' (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1976).
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