Historical Marker
Steeple Street
Historical marker location:
111 Canal Street, Providence, Rhode Island
( Marker is at the intersection of Steeple Street (U.S. 44) and Canal Walk on Steeple Street.)
History of the World's Widest Bridge.
The USS Saratoga, the first aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the United States Navy, was built in Rhode Island at the Fore River Shipyard in 1927.