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Historic Lighthouses and Light Stations in Rhode Island
The year in parentheses refers to the year in which the light was first lit in the existing tower.
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Beavertail Light (1856)
Location: Conanicut Island/Narragansett Bay entrance
Block Island (North) Light (1867)
Location: Sandy Point/North end of Block Island
Block Island (Southeast) Light (1875)
Location: Mohegan Bluffs/Block Island
Bristol Ferry Light (1855)
Location: Strait between Mount Hope Bay and Narragansett Bay
Castle Hill Light (1890)
Location: Narragansett Bay east passage
Conanicut Island Light (Old) (1886)
Location: North end of Conanicut Island
Conimicut Shoal Light (1883)
Location: Providence Harbor/Narragansett Bay
Dutch Island Light (1857)
Location: Dutch Island/Narragansett Bay
Hog Island Shoal Light (1901)
Location: East passage of Narragansett Bay
Ida Lewis Rock Light (formerly Lime Rock) (1854)
Location: Inner Newport Harbor
Nayatt Point Light (1856)
Location: Nayatt Point/Providence River mouth
Newport Harbor (Goat Island) Light (1842)
Location: Goat Island/Newport Harbor entrance
Plum Beach Light (1899)
Location: West Passage/Narragansett Bay
Point Judith Light (1857)
Location: West side of Narragansett Bay entrance
Pomham Rocks Light (Old) (1871)
Location: Providence River
Poplar Point Light (1831)
Location: Wickford Harbor
Prudence Island (Sandy Point) Light (1824)
Location: East side of Sandy Point/Narragansett Bay
Rose Island Light (1870)
Location: North of Newport Harbor
Sakonnet Light (1884)
Location: Little Cormorant Rock/Sakonnet River
Warwick Light (1932)
Location: Warwick Neck/Narragansett Bay
Watch Hill Light (1857)
Location: Fishers Island Sound east approach
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