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Haines Memorial State Park

Address: 
Rte. 103
East Providence , RI , 2914
Phone: (401) 253-7482
41° 47' 41.6256" N, 71° 21' 52.1244" W
Contact name: 
Alan Comello
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At first, Haines State Park consisted of two picnic groves, but later ball fields were added for baseball and other sports of the day. During the Depression of the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps, which was at work in other parks across Rhode Island, built fire places and sculpted turf away from the beach to enhance it for bathers.