New England Numbers: Statistics
1993 Year the Rhode Island legislature proclaimed coffee milk the official state drink (July 29) $10 Box-seat ticket price for Triple A Pawtucket (RI) Red Sox 312,000 Number of riders each weekday on Boston’s MBTA subway systemGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) 50 Names in the nation’s first phone directory, published […]
By Yankee Magazine|Jun 09 2008|
1993
Year the Rhode Island legislature proclaimed coffee milk the official state drink (July 29)
$10
Box-seat ticket price for Triple A Pawtucket (RI) Red Sox
312,000
Number of riders each weekday on Boston’s MBTA subway system
50
Names in the nation’s first phone directory, published in New Haven (CT) in 1878
24
Number of whale-oil lamps that illuminated Highland Light, the first lighthouse on Cape Cod, constructed in 1797
24
Percentage of NH residents who claim to be church regulars — lowest rate in the nation
$30
Green Monster standing-room ticket price at Fenway Park
5
Coast Guard Beach’s ranking in Dr. Beach’s “America’s Best Beaches 2007” (Eastham, MA)
2,183
Number of trivets in the Shelburne Museum’s collection (Shelburne, VT)
12
Miles-per-hour city speed limit set by Connecticut in 1901: first auto traffic law passed in the U.S.
22,400
Number of fried clams sold on a summer weekend day at Woodman’s of Essex (MA), where they were invented (1916)
