Blageddy Stream
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Blaggeddy Stream is a small brook in Slater Park
in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
. It connects the Slater Park Duck Pond, Friendship Gardens Pond, and the Blageddy Swamp to the Ten Mile River
. Originally, the Blaggeddy Stream was a much larger Swamp before the creation of the park. The water that was there was routed into a narrow channel, which is the Blageddy Stream that is there today. The brook is formed by two channels. One flows north out of Friendship Gardens. The other flows south out of the Blaggeddy Swamp. They meet in a culvert and enter the Duck Pond, before flowing east into the Ten Mile River.
Slater Park
Slater Park is the oldest and largest public park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The park is named after Samuel Slater, a famous American industrialist who constructed America's first water-powered mill in Pawtucket. The park lies on the banks of the beautiful Ten Mile River and features the 1685...
in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 71,148 at the 2010 census. It is the fourth largest city in the state.-History:...
. It connects the Slater Park Duck Pond, Friendship Gardens Pond, and the Blageddy Swamp to the Ten Mile River
Ten Mile River
The Ten Mile River is a river within the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately and drains a watershed of .The North Attleborough National Fish Hatchery is located in its upper reaches, and the river offers stocked trout fishing in the spring.The Ten Mile River was...
. Originally, the Blaggeddy Stream was a much larger Swamp before the creation of the park. The water that was there was routed into a narrow channel, which is the Blageddy Stream that is there today. The brook is formed by two channels. One flows north out of Friendship Gardens. The other flows south out of the Blaggeddy Swamp. They meet in a culvert and enter the Duck Pond, before flowing east into the Ten Mile River.