Rhode Island’s Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission says wind turbines the Navy has proposed for Aquidneck Island would harm views of historic resources and potentially negatively impact on tourism.
The Navy has proposed 12 sites for the turbines, including some near properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Newport Daily News reports that Edward Sanderson, the commission’s executive director, told Naval Station Newport that the southernmost six have the potential to do the most harm. Those could affect views from the Naval War College, the Point section of Newport and Fort Adams Park, among other places.
