Type:
Year Established:
1882
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
183S_Wickford_Harbor_RI_1917_CG3.jpg (807.65 KB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1917
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Wickford Harbor/narragansett Bay
Latitude:
41° 34.22'
Longitude:
71° 26.14'
City / Town:
WICKFORD
U.S. State:
Rhode Island
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1930
Disposition:
Discontinued and Demolished 1930; Replaced by Skeletal Tower W/375mm Lens
Year Tower Established:
1882
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
IRON PIER ON RIPRAP
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
50 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
42 feet
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1882
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1882
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
Replaced by solar powered, short skeletal light.