Wickford Harbor Light

Lighthouse

Wickford Harbor Light

Location| Wickford, Rhode Island
Coordinates| 41°34′24.37″N 71°26′10.20″W﻿ / ﻿41.5734361°N 71.4361667°W﻿ / 41.5734361; -71.4361667
Tower
Constructed| 1882
Height| 4.5 m (15 ft)
Shape| Original: square tower and attached dwelling
Current: skeleton tower
Markings| Original: white on red iron pier, lantern, black
Current: SG daymark on black tower
Fog signal| Bell, every 20s
Current: none
Light
First lit| 1930 (current skeleton tower)
Deactivated| 1930
Focal height| 20 feet (6.1 m)
Lens| 5th order Fresnel lens (original), aerobeacon (current)
Range| 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi)
Characteristic| FI G 6s

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 Old Gay Rock on the south side of the entrance to Wickford Harbor on the west side of Narragansett Bay. It was deactivated and torn down in 1930 and replaced with the current black steel skeleton tower.[1][2][3]

## References

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1. ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 174.
2. ^ Rowlett, Russ (2009-10-25). "Lighthouses of Rhode Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
3. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Rhode Island". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-08-08. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

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