Year first lit 1882 Tower shape Conical Construction Cast iron Year first constructed 1882 | Foundation Bedrock Opened 1882 Material Cast iron | |
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Deactivated Destroyed by the Hurricane of 1938 Markings / pattern White with black lantern Original lens Fourth order Fresnel lens Similar Whale Rock, Poplar Point Light, Conanicut Island Light, Wickford Harbor Light, Sabin Point Light | ||
Whale rock light house
Whale Rock Light was a sparkplug lighthouse marking Whale Rock, a dangerous island in the entrance to the West Passage of Narragansett Bay.
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The lighthouse was built on the rock in 1882. It was destroyed in the New England hurricane of 1938 when it was dislodged from its foundation, killing keeper Walter Eberle. Part of the lighthouse foundation remains and the remains of the lighthouse are underwater nearby. The rock is now marked by Whale Rock Lighted Gong Buoy 3.
The ruins of whale rock light narragansett rhode island
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