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 | | Rhode Island is the smallest state in the Union, having an extreme length, N. and S., of 48 m., an extreme width, E. and W., of 37 m., and a total area of 1248 sq. |
 | | Rhode Islands water powers have been its only natural resources which have aided in the development of its manufactures, and its transportation facilities have always been inadequate, because of shallow water at Providence and scanty railway communication; but the states manufacturing enterprises are of great importance. |
 | | Population.The total population of Rhode Island in 188o was 276,531; ill 189o, 345,506; in 1900, 428,556; and in 1910, 542,610.2 The increase from 1880 to 1890 was 24.9%, from 1890 to 1900 24%, and from 1900 to 1910, 26.6%. |
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