Quonochontaug is a village in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It is composed of three small beach communities, and is part of Charlestown. Quonochontaug was the site of an iron mining operation financed by Thomas Edison in the 1880s. Iron particles existed in the form of black sand on the beach, and they could be separated out with ma…Quonochontaug is a village in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It is composed of three small beach communities, and is part of Charlestown. Quonochontaug was the site of an iron mining operation financed by Thomas Edison in the 1880s. Iron particles existed in the form of black sand on the beach, and they could be separated out with magnets & melted to produce iron. The venture failed after cheaper iron was later discovered.
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