World War II State Park Maps

Woonsocket, RI

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World War II State Park Description

After the state began managing the park in the 1960s, a bathhouse and beach were installed. Later, under the direction of city planner, Robert L. Bendick, Jr. ( who went on to become the Director of the state Department of Environmental Management), a combination of state, Federal, and community agencies revamped the park with lawns and a fountain. Footpaths, playground equipment, tennis and volley ball courts were added. The former bathhouses and decks from the 1960s were replaced, and the park assumed its popular sobriquet, “Social Ocean.” In May of 1977, the present name of World War II Vet

Coordinates
: 42.008, -71.509
Area
: 14 acres (0.06 km²)
Official Link
: World War II State Park

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