Ashton Mill in Cumberland, Rhode Island was built in 1867 as a textile mill. Decades later, its Owens-Corning plant produced beta cloth used in Apollo spacesuits. 🚀

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The Ashton Viaduct carries Route 116 over the Blackstone River Valley in Rhode Island. Built between 1934 and 1945, its concrete arches rise more than 50 feet above the valley. 🌿

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