Type:
Year Established:
1889
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2009
Photo Credit:
Mike and Carol McKinney
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
East Passage/narragansett Bay
Latitude:
41° 32.03'
Longitude:
71° 20.37'
City / Town:
NEWPORT
U.S. State:
Rhode Island
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1947
Disposition:
Rebuilt 1932, Replaced with White Steel Tower 1947 Which Operated Until 1988, Old Tower Demolished 1960
Year Tower Established:
1889
Tower Construction Material:
STONE/BRICK/IRON
Tower Foundation:
CONCRETE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
50 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
30 feet
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Tower Daymark:
Upper White Lower Red
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1889
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK/STONE
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1889
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018