3.12.09

SHIPYARD DRIVE-IN






















SHIPYARD DRIVE-IN,
Located on Allen's Avenue, Providence. Opened 1958 - Closed 1976
It was the IN PLACE TO BE! Up to 1700 car capacity!

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  1. I think there were 1700 people in the trunk of the car !!! Wasn't my car but got voted to drive it in - it was an 'over 18' movie and my sister/her friends weren't 18. They piled into the trunk and I drove in by myself. Still wondering why I didn't get questioned lol...

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  2. In the summer could park in the lot next to the drive-in and see the screen quite well and hear the sound from the film from the open windows of the cars.

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  3. I remember seeing a James Bond movie there.
    I also remember shipping out to the Marines from a big red brick building (armoury?) near there in mid 60s.
    The James Bond movie was better!

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  4. Wasn't it off Narragansett Boulevard, the current Harborside Campus of Johnson & Wales?

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    1. Yes. Before that it was where Liberty ships were built

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    2. Yes, and before that it was where the Liberty ships were built and launched

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