Newport

Newport, (1) capital of Campbell county, Kentucky, is on the Ohio, opposite Cincinnati, and at the mouth of the Licking River, which separates it from Covington; both rivers are crossed by bridges, and there is also a steam-ferry to Cincinnati. The city contains large rolling-mills, a foundry, bolt-works, tile-works, and several steam-mills. Pop. (1880) 15,693; (1890) 24,938.—(2) A port of entry and one of the capitals of Rhode Island, on the west shore of the island of Rhode Island, in Narragansett Bay, 5 miles from the ocean, and 69 miles by rail S. by W. of Boston. It has a deep, excellent harbour, defended by Fort Adams; and there is a United States torpedo station on an island in the harbour. It contains a brick state-house, a custom-house, a city hall, the Redwood Library, many palatial villas, and large hotels; it is noted for fine scenery and sea-bathing, and is one of the most fashionable watering-places in America. In Touro Park stands the 'Round Tower,' or 'Old Stone Mill,' which suggested Longfellow's poem, 'The Skeleton in Armour.' The city also contains cotton-mills, a brass-foundry, lead and fish-oil works, &c. It was settled in 1638 by eighteen adherents of Roger Williams, and was an important commercial town prior to the Revolution, which effected its ruin and transferred its trade to New York. Newport was for a time the residence of Bishop Berkeley. Pop. (1880) 15,693; (1890) 19,457.