Salty Brine State Beach is a public recreation area occupying slightly more than of ocean shore in the village of
Galilee,
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Narragansett,
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...
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[ Established in 1954 as Galilee State Beach, it was renamed in 1990 to honor ]Salty Brine
Salty Brine, born Walter Leslie Brine (August 5, 1918
– November 2, 2004
), was a well-known broadcaster in Rhode Island.
Early life
At age 10, he lost one of his legs, attempting to jump onto a freight train near his home in Arlington, Massach ...
, a Rhode Island radio and television personality.[ A beach pavilion and boardwalk were added to the facility in 2010.][ The area offers ocean swimming and saltwater fishing and is open seasonally.][
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In the news
On July 11, 2015, the beach came to national attention when a woman suffered broken ribs and other injuries from an explosion under the sand that hurled her four feet into the air, landing her ten feet from her beach chair. The cause of the explosion was attributed to hydrogen formed by the underwater corrosion of copper in an abandoned electric cable.[
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References
External links
Salty Brine State Beach
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Parks & Recreation
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State parks of Rhode Island
Beaches of Rhode Island
Protected areas of Washington County, Rhode Island
Protected areas established in 1954
1954 establishments in Rhode Island
Beaches of Washington County, Rhode Island