Gina Raimondo: Rhode Island’s Little Engine That Can

For over two hundred years water has flowed underneath a bridge in the Blackstone Valley corridor of the smallest state in the union that, over one hundred years ago, powered the largest and most modern textile mill of its day, which helped launch the Industrial Revolution. The Slatersville Stone Arch Bridge, the oldest masonry bridge in Rhode Island, was built in 1855 to replace the original wooden structure;  it's now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For decades neglected and structurally deficient beginning this young century, it's undergoing a complete rehabilitation for $13.5 million. The bridge is symbolic of the state's roaring-rapid rise and fall. And now its revival.

Much of that effort is being spearheaded by Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo.