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Forty Steps
Pictures from a Sunset Stroll Along Newport's Famous Cliff Walk

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These pictures from my May 2005 visit to Newport, Rhode Island, provide a glimpse of the seaside city's most popular free attraction: the Cliff Walk.
Newport Cliff Walk Forty Steps Picture

On my way back along the Cliff Walk, I was able to snap this close-up picture of the Forty Steps, the nickname for the stone staircase leading down to the ocean. I didn't have time, however, to count to see if there are actually forty steps.

© 2005 Kim Knox Beckius
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