Sakonnet Light, built in 1884, is a sparkplug lighthouse near Sakonnet Point, Little Compton, Rhode Island, on the eastern side of the state. The light...
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'Seaconnet', 'Sakonnet', 'Saconnet', 'Sakonett', or 'Segonet'. Such as Sakonnet Cove in Mount Hope Bay, Sakonnet Point, and much later to Sakonnet Light. v t e...
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Island, bounded on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by the Sakonnet River, on the north by the town of Tiverton, and on the east by the town...
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Caisson lighthouse (redirect from Bug light)
(550 m) from land Greens Ledge Light stands in open water about 10 feet (3.0 m) deep, about 1 km from land Sakonnet Light is on a small rock Media related...
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Lighthouse". rhodeislandlighthousehistory.info. Retrieved 2019-09-15. "Sakonnet, RI". LighthouseFriends. Church, Earl (1920). Triangulation in Rhode Island...
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Island North Light (Lighthouse), built in 1867, is a historic lighthouse on Block Island, Rhode Island (New Shoreham). The first light on the site was...
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oil-burning lantern. The light was commissioned in 1854. In the beginning, the lighthouse keeper rowed from the shore daily to tend the light. In case of foul...
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Sakonnet Light Station...
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Sakonnet Light Station...
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The Newport Harbor Light, also known as the Goat Island Light or Green Light, built in 1842, is located on north end of Goat Island, which is part of...
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Conanicut Island Light (also known as Conanicut Island Lighthouse), built in 1886, is an inactive lighthouse in Jamestown, Rhode Island. The light was built...
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Block Island Southeast Light is a lighthouse located on Mohegan Bluffs at the southeastern corner of Block Island, Rhode Island. It was designated a U...
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original on 2017-05-01. Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast...
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feet (11 m) tall. In 1827, a rotating light was installed to differentiate it from the Stonington Harbor Light in Connecticut. Erosion forced it to close...
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Pomham Rocks Light (also known as "Pomham Lighthouse") is a historic lighthouse in the Providence River about 200 yards (180 m) off the shoreline of the...
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Whale Rock Light was a sparkplug lighthouse marking Whale Rock, a dangerous island in the entrance to the West Passage of Narragansett Bay in Washington...
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Conimicut Light, built in 1883, is a historic sparkplug lighthouse in Warwick, Rhode Island. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic...
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Island. Bodies of water that are part of Narragansett Bay include the Sakonnet River, Mount Hope Bay, and the southern, tidal part of the Taunton River...
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The Rose Island Light, built in 1870, is on Rose Island in Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States. It is preserved, maintained...
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dike off Goat Island farther south in the Bay, where the Newport Harbor Light stands today. In 1851, it was transported to Prudence Island where it remains...
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Wickford Harbor Light, now officially Wickford Harbor Light 1, was built in 1882 as a square wood tower attached to a 1+1⁄2-story keeper's dwelling on...
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Beavertail Lighthouse (redirect from Beavertail Light)
Beavertail Lighthouse, such as Castle Hill Lighthouse, Point Judith Light, and Rose Island Light. Records of the town of Jamestown from 1712 make reference to...
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Nayatt Point Light is a historic lighthouse in Barrington, Rhode Island. The current light was built of brick in 1856 and contains an 1828 keeper's house...
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Bristol Ferry Light is a historic lighthouse in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States. It is located on the shores of Narragansett Bay at Bristol Point...
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(excluding the Elizabeth Islands, Bourne and Falmouth), Mount Hope Bay and the Sakonnet River. Governor William Brenton purchased Mattapoisett in 1664 from Wampanoag...
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The Brenton Reef Light was a Texas tower lighthouse at the entrance to Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States, south of Beavertail Point. Erected...
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The Musselbed Shoals Light was a lighthouse which once stood in Narragansett Bay at the west entrance to Mount Hope Bay, south of Bristol Point. As with...
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as Rhode Island lawmakers approved tolls to be added to the newly built Sakonnet River Bridge in the future. The bridge also charges a fee equal to the...
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Point Judith Light is located on the west side of the entrance to Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island as well as the north side of the eastern entrance to...
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Dutch Island Light is a historic lighthouse on Dutch Island off Jamestown, Rhode Island. In 1825 the federal government acquired 6 acres (2.4 ha) at the...
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