Type:
Year Established:
1749
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
Beavertail RI 2011 by JCC .jpeg (270.52 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2011
Photo Credit:
Candace Clifford
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
CONANICUT ISLAND/NARAGANSETT BAY ENTRANCE
Latitude:
41° 27'
Longitude:
71° 24'
City / Town:
JAMESTOWN
U.S. State:
Rhode Island
Location County:
NEWPORT
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
Yes
Light List Data:
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1856
Tower Construction Material:
GRANITE
Tower Foundation:
TIMBER/ROCK CRIB
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
64 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
46 feet
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1856
Keeper's Quarters Style:
(ATTACHED)
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK/STUCCO
Other Structures:
ASSISTANT KEEPERS (1898), OIL HOUSE, GARAGE, STORAGE BUILDING, RADIOBEACON
OPTICS
Current Optic:
DCB-24
Original Optic Type:
THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1856
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017
HISTORICAL INFORMATION: