List of lighthouses in Rhode Island

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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Rhode Island as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are fifteen active lights in the state as well as two skeleton towers erected to replace earlier staffed lighthouses.

The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1749[1] and the last in 1962 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest surviving structure is the much-modified Poplar Point Light, although the tower now standing at Prudence Island Light was first erected at Goat Island in 1824. The tallest extant tower is that at Beavertail Light, though the focal plane of the Block Island Southeast Light is much higher on account of the bluffs upon which it sits.

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,[2] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard historical information site for lighthouses.[3] Locations of demolished lights have been estimated using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) navigational charts.


Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height
Beavertail Lighthouse Beavertail Light from the water 2007.jpg Jamestown
(Conanicut Island)		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1749 (Former)
1856 (Current)		 1989 Active VRB-25 068 68 ft (21 m)
Block Island North Light 150x150px New Shoreham
(Block Island)		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1829 (Former)
1867 (Current)		 1955 Active
(Inactive: 1973–1989,
2008–2010)		 Fourth-order Fresnel 061 61 ft (19 m)
Block Island Southeast Light 150x150px New Shoreham
(Block Island)		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1875 1990 Active
(Inactive: 1990–1994)		 First-order Fresnel 258 258 ft (79 m)
Brenton Reef Light Narragansett Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[4] 1962 1962 1989
(Now a lighted buoy)		 None 087 87 ft (27 m)[4]
Bristol Ferry Light 150x150px Bristol Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[5] 1855 Never 1927
(Now a private house)		 None 035 35 ft (11 m)[5]
Bullock's Point Light 150x150px Providence River Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1876
(Former)
1939
(Current)		 1939
(skeleton tower)		 Active
(Original tower
destroyed)		 250mm 050 50 ft (15 m)
Castle Hill Light 150x150px Newport Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1890 1957 Active 300mm 040 40 ft (12 m)
Conanicut Island Light 150x150px Jamestown
(Conanicut Island)		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1886 Never 1933 None 047 47 ft (14 m)[6]
Conimicut Shoal Light 150x150px Warwick Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1868 (Former)
1883 (Current)		 1966 Active Unknown 029 29 ft (8.8 m)
Dutch Island Light 150x150px Jamestown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1826 (Former)
1857 (Current)		 1947 Active
(Inactive: 1979-2007)		 250mm 056 56 ft (17 m)[7]
Fuller Rock Light Fuller Rock Light postcard.jpg Providence River Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1872[8] 1918[8] 1923[8]
(Destroyed)


1923
(Replaced with a skeleton tower

renamed Channel Light 42)

 250mm 028 28 ft (8.5 m)[8]
Gould Island Light Jamestown
(Gould Island)[9]		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[9] 1889[9] 1947

(on skeleton tower

1947–1968)

 1947[9] None 052 52 ft (16 m)[9]
Gull Rocks Light Newport Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1887 (Former)
1928 (Current)		 1960 1969
(Demolished)		 None 033 33 ft (10 m)
Hog Island Shoal Light 219x219px Portsmouth
(Hog Island		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1901 1964 Active VLB-44[10] 054 54 ft (16 m)
Ida Lewis Rock Light 150x150px Newport
(Lime Rock)		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1854 1927 1963 None Unknown
Musselbed Shoals Light 150x150px Narragansett Bay
(Open water)		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1873[11] 1939
(skeleton tower)		 Active
(Original tower
destroyed)		 035 35 ft (11 m)[11]
Nayatt Point Light 150x150px Barrington Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1828 (Former)
1856 (Current)		 Unknown 1868 None Unknown
Newport Harbor Light
(Goat Island Light)		 150x150px Newport
(Goat Island)		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1823 (Former)
1865 (Current)		 1923 Active 250mm 033 33 ft (10 m)
Plum Beach Light 150x150px North Kingstown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1897 2003
(Relit)		 Active
(Inactive: 1941–2003)		 Unknown Unknown
Point Judith Light 150x150px Narragansett Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1810 (Former)
1857 (Current)		 1954 Active Fourth-order Fresnel 051 51 ft (16 m)
Pomham Rocks Light 150x150px East Providence Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1871 2006
(Relit)		 Active
(on skeleton tower 1974–2006)		 Marine LED Beacon

VLB-44

 067 67 ft (20 m)
Poplar Point Light 150x150px North Kingstown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1831 Never 1882
(Now a private house)		 None Unknown
Prudence Island Light 150x150px Portsmouth
(Prudence Island)		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1852 1961 Active 250mm 028 28 ft (8.5 m)
Rose Island Light 150x150px Newport
(Rose island		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1870 1992
(Relit)		 Active
(Inactive: 1971–1992)		 Sixth-order Fresnel[12] 048 48 ft (15 m)
Sabin Point Light 150x150px Providence River Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1872 1956 1968
(Razed)		 None 036 36 ft (11 m)
Sakonnet Light 150x150px Little Compton
(Sakonnet River)		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1884[13] 1997
(Relit)		 Active
(Inactive: 1955–1997)		 Unknown 058 58 ft (18 m)
Sassafras Point Light 150x150px Providence River Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[14] 1872[15] Never 1912[15]
(Demolished)		 None 025 25 ft (7.6 m)[15]
Warwick Light 154x154px Warwick Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1827 (Former)
1932 (Current)		 1985 Active 250mm 066 66 ft (20 m)
Watch Hill Light 150x150px Westerly
(Watch Hill)		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1808 (Former)
1857 (Current)		 1986 Active VRB-25 061 61 ft (19 m)
Whale Rock Light 150x150px Narragansett
(Whale Rock)		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1882 1939 1938
(Destroyed)


1939[16]

(Replaced with skeleton tower)

 None 073 73 ft (22 m)[17]
Wickford Harbor Light 150x150px North Kingstown
Wickford		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1882 (Former)
1930 (Current)		 1930
(skeleton tower)		 Active
(skeleton tower)		 250mm 042 42 ft (13 m)


See also

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