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Map of Wharfs in Newport in 1872
Brenton Reef Lightship LV-102/WAL-525
Courtesy of the National Archives 

In the description of Ida's third rescue, it stated that the sheep ran down the old mill wharf. This map shows that there were no wharfs with that name. I believe this was a nickname locals used for Factory Wharf. In Rhode Island factories were called mills.
     
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