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The Ten Mile River is a
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within the U.S. states of
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and
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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 badly polluted in the mid 1900s but has subsequently been remediated. Although there are still issues with metals and sediments in the water, the river and nearly all its tributaries are now designated as Class B waters (fishable, swimmable).


Course

The river begins at Savage Pond, near the corner of High and Chestnut Streets, in Plainville, Massachusetts. From there, it flows generally south through
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,
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and Seekonk before entering
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and flowing through Pawtucket and East Providence where it flows over the Omega Dam into the Seekonk River.


Crossings

Below is a list of all crossings over the Ten Mile River. The list starts at the headwaters and goes downstream. *Plainville **High Street **Fuller Street **West Bacon Street **Cooney Avenue *North Attleborough **Broad Street **North Washington Street **Fisher Street **East Washington Street (
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) (Twice) **Chestnut Street **East Washington Street (U.S. 1) **Mount Hope Street **Towne Street **Freeman Street **Cedar Road *Attleboro ** Interstate 295 **
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**West Street **Water Street **Mechanic Street **Hodges Street **County Street ( MA 123) **Wall Street **Olive Street **Lamb Street **Thacher Street **Tiffany Street **Bridge Street *Seekonk **Pond Street *Pawtucket **Central Avenue **Armistice Boulevard ( RI 15) *East Providence **Newman Avenue ( RI 152) **Pleasant Street **Pawtucket Avenue ( U.S. 1A/ RI 114) **North Broadway **Roger Williams Avenue **Providence & Worcester Railroad Bridge


Tributaries

In addition to many unnamed tributaries, the following brooks and rivers feed the Ten Mile: *Scotts Brook *
East Branch Ten Mile River East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...
*Rattlesnake Brook *
Bungay River The Bungay River is a short river in southeastern Massachusetts that is a tributary of the Ten Mile River. The Bungay River begins in Witch Pond in Foxborough, Massachusetts at an altitude of about above sea level. It flows south through Green ...
*
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*North Brook *South Brook * Sevenmile River *Hidden Hollow Brook *Daggett Farm Brook *
Wilde River Wilde River is a stream in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It begins at Bitersweet Pond in Seekonk and flows 5.2 miles to its confluence with the Ten Mile River in Pawtucket. Crossings *Seekonk **Woodland Ave **Pine Street * ...
*
Coles Brook Coles Brook is a small stream that begins east of Pine Street in Rehoboth MA, and flows in a southwest direction to Central Pond and the James V. Turner Reservoir and the on the border of Seekonk, Massachusetts and East Providence, Rhode Isla ...
(not to be confused with
Cole River The Cole River is located in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It flows U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 from its headwaters in Dighton, Massachusetts through t ...
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Grassroots organizations


Friends of the Ten Mile and Bucklin Brook


See also

*
Boston and Providence Railroad Bridge The Boston and Providence Railroad Bridge in East Providence is a railroad bridge on the East Junction Branch spanning Ten Mile River. A portion of the bridge also spans Roger Williams Avenue. The bridge was built in 1884 by the Boston and Pro ...
*
List of rivers in Massachusetts List of rivers of Massachusetts ( U.S. state). All Massachusetts rivers flow to the Atlantic Ocean. The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name, arranged travelli ...
*
List of rivers in Rhode Island This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Rivers in bold are considered major rivers either geographically or historically. By stream network All rivers eventually empty into the Atlantic Ocean. Rivers are listed in order from we ...
* Seekonk River *
Blackstone River The Blackstone River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 48 mi (80 km) and drains a watershed of approximately 540 sq. mi (1,400 km2). Its long history of industrial use has l ...


References


External links

* Maps from the
United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...
* Friends of the Ten Mile and Bucklin Broo


External links


Providence Journal video of Ten Mile River Greenway bike path
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