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	Newport Tower
		`In Rhode Island the Newport Tower is constructed in a similar style to the Norse/Scottish buildings of the Western and Northern Isles.
		The tower appears on a map of Rhode Island in 1630.
		The unique style of the Newport Tower was further influenced by the Templars round churches of Scandinavia.
	sinclair.quarterman.org /sinclair/newport_tower.html (562 words)

	Newport, cities, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Newport was a station on the Underground Railroad, and Kentucky’s only antislavery newspaper was edited there in the 1850s.
		In the 19th cent., Newport developed as a fashionable resort of the wealthy, and many palatial “cottages” were built.
		Outstanding tourist attractions from that era are The Breakers, the former summer house of Cornelius Vanderbilt; Belcourt Castle; The Elms; Marble House; and Château-sur-Mer.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ne/NewportUS.html (399 words)

	Newport Tower Radiocarbon Dates
		The Tower, on the other hand, would have been open to the elements for centuries before its colonial conversion to a windmill, if indeed it is medieval, and in any event has been again exposed to the weather in recent times, since at least 1837, according to Hertz.
		In order to demonstrate that their test results rule out a pre-Columbian Norse date for the Newport Tower, they should have also provided one or more controls known to have approximately the alleged pre-Columbian date of the Tower, and which were exposed to the same sort of weather the Tower would have received.
		The two Finnish churches do little to verify the Tower date, since the true dates of these churches are unknown, and since the samples were taken from the interior of the churches, where they were not exposed to the weather and potential carbonate substitution.
	economics.sbs.ohio-state.edu /jhm/arch/vinland/newport.htm (3246 words)

	Newport Tower
		The validity of this theory is confirmed by a well documented series of stone signal towers (through squatter and sturdier in appearance) ranging across the high peaks of the Pyrenees warning the mountain folk of the Languedoc, caught in the vise between French and Spanish sorties, of approaching trouble.
		The proximity of Westford to Newport quickly led to the speculation that it was Henry who must have been the patron for the construction of the Newport Tower located in his New World paradise.
		Horace Silliman, in his articles and monograph on the Newport Tower, published by NEARA, was the lone proponent of a carefully reasoned theory that the tower was built by restive Catholics as a secret base from which to plot the restoration of a Catholic monarchy in England.
	www.neara.org /CARLSON/newporttower.htm (13491 words)

	Newport Will Dig in Mystery Tower
		Means believed the tower was of Norse origin, and he backed up his theory with a 344-page book, "Newport Tower," containing impressive evidence and 141 illustrations, which he published in 1942.
		Newport historical pride, together with personal and local official opinion and a fear the twer might collapse, were involved.
		Newporters today are satisfied because there is only a fifty-fifty chance that the investigation will unearth evidence to prove the tower's origin.
	www.bigbertis.com /mill/dig.htm (605 words)

	Local - The Enquirer - April 19, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		NEWPORT - A Northern Kentucky developer announced Friday he will break ground Nov. 1 on a 1,083-foot tower near Newport's riverfront that will be nearly twice as tall as Cincinnati's Carew Tower.
		Financing for the tower, which developers plan to open by New Year's Eve 1999, is expected to be secured within 30 to 60 days, Mr.
		Tentative plans call for the bell to be cast in a giant pit at the tower site sometime during the next 18 months, with spectators watching from nearby bleachers.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/1997/04/19/loc_kytower.html (903 words)

	The Jersey City Economic Development Corporation - Newport Fact Sheet
		Newport’s current World Business Center is comprised of 5 million square feet of office space, with state-of-the-art buildings providing the most technologically advanced communications, security, and power systems in the New York-New Jersey region.
		Newport Plaza is the community's 70,010-square foot "neighborhood" convenience shopping complex anchored by a 52,000-square foot Waldbaums/A&P. Also as part of Newport's intra-mural shopping network is the 40,000 square foot Modell's/Staples complex located near Newport Parkway and Washington Boulevard.
		Newport's mass transit system has been upgraded with a $25 million expansion and modernization of the community’s on-site PATH subway station renamed Pavonia-Newport.
	www.jcedc.org /newportfactsheet.shtml (956 words)

	The Old Stone Mill
		The tower is situated at 41' 27 minutes north latitude on the highest point of the peninsula which forms the City of Newport.
		The tower is a cylindrical structure with an outside diameter of 23 feet, and 24 1/2 feet in height.
		The Tower is composed of laminated slate, sea-worn stones and mortar.
	www.redwoodlibrary.org /tower/pilgrims.htm (1997 words)

	Newport Tower (Jersey City) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Newport Tower (also known as 2 Newport Center and 525 Washington Boulevard) in Jersey City, New Jersey is the third tallest building in Jersey City.
		Newport Tower is next to the Hudson River and is almost exactly across from the World Financial Center in Manhattan.
		The tower got a facelift in the summer of 2005; wooden panels have been installed on the lobby walls, and LCD advertisement screens added to the elevators.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Newport_Tower_(Jersey_City) (185 words)

	Archaelogical
		For a seventeenth-century bootprint to have been left under the tower, the tower must have been built either sometime during or sometime after the seventeenth century.
		The mysterious tower turns out to be, in actual fact, a windmill likely built by the then governor of Rhode Island, Benedict Arnold, the grandfather and namesake of the famous traitor (it is even mentioned in his will, dated to 1677).
		The architecture of the tower turns out not to be unique after all; it is a close match for a windmill built in A.D. 1632 in Chesterton, England (Hertz 1997).
	www.kenspy.com /Menzies/Arch.html (435 words)

	The Newport Tower
		At this time Newport City Council itself gave permission for an archaeological excavation, run by the Society for American Archaeology and headed by Hugh Hencken of Harvard as supervisor of the field work, with a very experienced senior student, William S Godfrey, carrying out the practical work (with the assistance of other students).
		A piece of clay pipe in a pillar-foundation, a piece of gunflint in another, a 17th century potsherd in the fill, and at the bottom of the ring-ditch a foot print, under which was found another piece of decorated clay pipe (17th century).
		I haven't seen the Newport tower, but I have seen and discussed Chesterton with the county archaeologist, Philip Wise, and the similarity is remarkable.
	www.ramtops.co.uk /newport.html (1022 words)

	Claiborne Pell (Newport) Bridge (RI 138)
		Until the Newport Bridge was built, main suspension cables were created by spinning each strand wire by wire, from anchorage to tower, tower to tower and tower to anchorage.
		The distance between towers is 1,600 feet, and at center span, the roadway provides a 206-foot vertical clearance for ocean-bound vessels.
		On either side of the main suspension bridge, there are 11 deck-truss spans measuring a total of 3,450 feet; 15 girder spans measuring a total of 2,524 feet; 300 feet of multi-girder spans and 2,000 feet of pre-stressed concrete beam spans.
	www.bostonroads.com /crossings/pell-newport (2184 words)

	Newport
		Based in Newport, South Wales we have expanded significantly in recent years to become the largest firm in Gwent and the 8th largest in Wales, competing directly with the larger Cardiff firms.
		In 2005 Harding Evans won the Award for Outstanding Achievement at the high profile Five Counties Business Awards and in 2004 we were crowned Law Firm of the Year at the prestigious Welsh Law Awards, ahead of strong Cardiff competition.
		Jacklyn Dawson are a long established Newport firm.
	www.sfla.co.uk /directory/Newport (333 words)

	Local - The Enquirer - April 18, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		NEWPORT - When developer David Hosea first talked about his dream last spring for a ''Freedom Tower'' on Newport's riverfront, many of the Northern Kentucky business and government leaders in the audience chuckled.
		Sources say the tower, which would be twice as large as Cincinnati's Carew Tower and rank just ahead of France's Eiffel Tower in size, would include restaurants, rides, shops, historical exhibits and 2,000 bells to ring in the millennium.
		They say the tower's developers are now looking at at least four sites near the $40 million aquarium proposed for Newport's riverfront, across from the intersection of Second and York streets.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/1997/04/18/loc_kytower.html (795 words)

	art-ArtsBeat
		Newport's blue-collar charms are evident in this area surrounding York and Fourth streets.
		Nearby, the Courthouse's tower is dwarfed by the stone steeple of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
		In fact, when told that the tower would be privately funded, Newport's political movers-and-shakers were quick to endorse the project.
	www.citybeat.com /archives/1998/issue412/artarticle1.html (598 words)

	Newport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The old stone tower in Newport, RI, USA, has been the subject of many speculations and theories.
		A good presentation of the tower and the main theories can be found here.
		But the similarity between the Newport tower and the central structure of this kind of church is striking.
	www.lienet.no /newport.htm (396 words)

	Towers Newport at Local.co.uk
		The Newport Towers Hotel is a 56 bedroom hotel, full of character, situated between Gloucester and Bristol - both being 20 minutes journey by car.
		Interesting as these towers are, there is no direct evidence that they are associated...
		A Note on the Newport Tower - update on the Plowden Petition From Doug Weller Moderator...
	www.local.co.uk /Newport/Towers (214 words)

	Newport Tower Radiocarbon Dates
		The second problem with this control is that the sample obtained from it was apparently from its interior (in the basement), where it would have been protected from the elements, and thus not prone to carbonate substitution from rainwater.
		Two of the dates used were from a surface sample that may have represented a colonial or even later repair to an earlier structure.
		"Tilting at Windmills: Newport Tower," NEARA Journal vol.
	www.econ.ohio-state.edu /jhm/arch/vinland/newport.htm (3246 words)

	The Newport Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The city of Newport, Newport Businessmen and the Greater East Area Model Railroad Club were instrumental in saving this historic 1906 Dispatchers Tower.
		The Newport Tower was moved December 11, 1984 from the Milwaukee Railroad property to a site east of the model railroad club.
		The tower will be open periodically, until the interior has been restored, at which time a regular schedule will be published.
	www.newportclub.us /index.html (754 words)

	Insurance co. moves to Newport Tower - Jefferson Insurance Co. leases Newport Tower office building, New Jersey Real ...
		Newport's location and proximity to mass-transportation (the PATH Pavonia/Newport Station is across the street from the building) and its exclusive amenities and "front office" features - such as an executive fitness center and pool, childcare facility, tennis courts, and marina with 238 slips - were other features which influenced Jefferson's move.
		One could tell very quickly that the owners of Newport Tower are committed to providing first-class quality service to all of its tenants.
		Newport Tower is owned by The Limited, Inc., of Columbus, Ohio and The Georgetown Company of New York.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3601/is_n25_v40/ai_14802562 (558 words)

	Newport News-Times: Mo's Restaurants to host fourth annual 'Fish & Chips for Firemen'
		Original Mo's in Newport, and Mo's Restaurants at Lincoln City, Cannon Beach, and Florence, will all participate in the Fish & Chips for Firemen fundraiser, donating a portion of the proceeds from their fish and chips sales to volunteer fire departments on the coast.
		Mo's wanted to commemorate those lost, and also show appreciation for the men and women who put their lives on the line daily to keep the Oregon coast region safe.
		Mo's is active in the all the coastal communities in which they are located, giving back wherever possible and promoting community spirit and unity.
	www.newportnewstimes.com /articles/2005/08/31/business/business10.txt (339 words)

	Redwood Finding Aids: Old Stone Mill
		For Newporters the Stone Tower, situated off historic Bellevue Avenue in Touro Park needs no introduction, and, indeed, those who know it may have taken the Tower's presence for granted.
		Over time the two main theories concerning the origins of the Stone Tower have continued to be the Norse Theory and the Colonial/Arnold Theory.
		Neutral histories of the Stone Tower and a wide variety of origin theories can be found under Additional Theories.
	www.redwood1747.org /tower/millmenu.htm (417 words)

	Rhode Island news \| projo.com \| The Providence Journal \| East Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		NEWPORT -- Yesterday, as the stone tower stood in resolute and enigmatic silence, the quiet was broken by the percussive sounds of dirt being dug and sifted with hand tools.
		Jan Barstad, an author and historian, said she became interested in the stone tower in 2000 when a colleague showed her a picture of it.
		She dove deeply into research on the tower, figuring she would be able to find an explanation.
	www.projo.com /eastbayandmass/content/projo_20061017_nttowr17.3196811.html (1418 words)

	Getting to the bottom of the Newport tower: 6/ 13/ 2004
		She and her team, including Salve Regina professor and archaeologist James Garman, did a study of the park in October using 3D-imaging and discovered two objects under ground -- one appears to be a flat slab and the other appears to be a wall.
		Arnold's will mentions the tower as a locator to indicate where he should be buried.
		That dig also was done to determine the tower's origins and to try to "uncover the reality of the myths of the tower," but failed to do so, according to Simmons.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/06-04/06-13-04/b04sr517.htm (648 words)

	More excavations to be undertaken at the Newport Tower site.
		Doug's explanation is that the Newport Tower was built as a mill by
		Newport Tower is remarkable, but I don't think I've ever said Benedict
		Therefore the Newport Tower is a mill built by
	www.groupsrv.com /science/post-1658191.html (4741 words)

	OLD STONE MILL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		OLD STONE MILL is a famous Newport landmark surrounded by a cloud of mystery.
		But the Chesterton Mill was built as an Observatory in 1632 and converted to grinding grain later.
		It is approximately the same size as the Newport Tower.
	www.easternct.edu /personal/faculty/whiter/Stones/Newport-Stone-Tower.html (236 words)

	GET NJ - Jersey City - Newport Community - Fact Sheet
		Newport is a 600-acre master-planned mixed-use community, consisting of retail, residential, office, leisure, and entertainment facilities.
		Accessible to Newport's incomparable transportation network, the building -- like all of Newport's commercial space -- is leased to business firms and financial institutions seeking ultra-modern facilities near New York Harbor.
		Newport Office Center V is a 21-story, 780,000 square foot building; Newport Office Center VI is a 10-story, 345,000 square foot building.
	www.getnj.com /newport/factsheet.shtml (1147 words)

	Caithness CWS - Links - Sinclair Connections - Newport Tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Newport Tower is constructed as the Templar round churches with an octagon within the circle, eight arches within a round circle.
		The surviving arch of that church is constructed of the same fashion at the Newport Tower.
		In the tower lies a high fireplace identical to one in Corstorphine at the St. Clair church where, Jean, daughter of Prince Henry Sinclair is buried in effigy.
	www.caithness.org /links/sinclairconnections/newporttower.htm (169 words)

	Portuguese Tower of Newport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		If we assume that Ericsson and Karlsefin came to America in the XIth Century, it is obvious they could not have built the Newport Tower inspired by the style of the Holy Sepulcher rotunda, because the first crusade to the Holy Land took place a century later.
		Herbert Pell, (father of Senator Claiborne Pell), United States Ambassador to Portugal, was the first one, in 1948, to make a direct connection between the octagonal shape of Newport Tower and the octagonal shape of the main altar of Charola, in the Castle of Tomar, Portugal.
		In 1993 a Danish group, lead by Jorge Siemonsen, came to Newport to collect very small samples (about 28) of the mortar-cement of Newport Tower in order to evaluate its date by determining the age of the carbon dioxide that was caught inside the mortar when the tower was being built.
	www.apol.net /dightonrock/portuguese_tower_of_newport.htm (3129 words)

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