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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.

 

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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