US Army Nike AA Missile Base
  Bristol, Rhode Island

Here are the seven Nike sites that were located around
Providence, Rhode Island and their designations.

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PR-19 Rehoboth, Massachussets
       IFC area located at 13 Fire Tower Road
                 Launcher area located off Peck Street
                 Operational from 1956 to 1974

PR-29 Swansea, Massachussets
       IFC area located on West of Sharps Lot Road
                 Launcher area located East of Sharps Lot Road
                 Operational from 1956 to 1963

PR-38 Bristol, Rhode Island
       IFC area located at end of Tower Road on top of Mt Hope
                 Launcher area located East of Rt 136 just North of the Mt Hope Bridge
                 Operational from 1956 to 1974

PR-58 North Kingston/Davisville, Rhode Island
       IFC area located on East of Quidnesset Road
                 Launcher area located East of Quidnesset Road former NCBC Davisville
                 Operational from 1956 to 1961

PR-69 Coventry, Rhode Island
       IFC area located at 570 Read School House Road, North of Rt 117
                 Launcher area located at Provident Way, East of Phillips, South of Rt 117
                 Operational from 1956 to 1962 and 1964 to 1974

PR-79 Foster, Rhode Island
       IFC area located on Oak Hill, Theodore Foster Drive, South of Rt 101
                 Launcher area located at 64 Windsor Road
                 Operational from 1956 to 1963

PR-99 North Smithfield, Rhode Island
       IFC area located at Black Plain Hill, 274 Old Oxford Road
                 Launcher area located North of Pond Hill Rd, West of Black Plain
                 Operational from 1956 to 1971
 
 

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