Year first constructed 1871 Automated 1974 Foundation Stone Opened 1871 Range 11,112 m Material Wood | Year first lit 1871 Deactivated 1974-2006 Address Riverside, RI 02915, USA Area 2,023 m² Current lens length 25 cm Added to NRHP 9 July 1979 | |
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Location Riverside Rd., East Providence, Rhode Island Similar Sabin Point Light, Conimicut Light, Nayatt Point Lighthouse, Rose Island Light, Hog Island Shoal Light Profiles | ||
Pomham rocks light
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 Riverside neighborhood of the city of East Providence, Rhode Island.
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The light was established in 1871. The light was one of a group of New England lighthouses built to the same plan after an award-winning design by a Vermont architect. Nearly identical lights were constructed at Sabin Point, Rose Island, and Colchester Reef. It was deactivated in 1974, but relighted on July 30, 2006. The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Pomham Rocks Light Station on July 9, 1979. In the 1970s the light was sold to The American Lighthouse Foundation, and is today managed by the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse.
Pomham lighthouse
List of Keepers
- C.H. Salisbury (1871 – 1893)
- Mary A. Salisbury (1893)
- Nathaniel Dodge (1893 – 1898)
- Thomas S. Fishburne (1898 – 1908)
- Adolf H. Aronson (1908 – 1937)
- William James Howard (1937 – 1951)
- Howard B. Beebe (1951 – 1956)
- Unknown (1956-1971)
- Dennis Tardiff (1971 – 1974)