>> Click to enlarge << Rhode Island’s Beavertail Lighthouse in July of ... Photo by: Ron Foster

Erosion continues to threaten many of our nation’s lighthouses. Now it’s happening at Rhode Island’s Beavertail Lighthouse.

>> Click to enlarge << Beavertail Lighthouse from a 1928 U.S. Lighthouse ...

This past January the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced that it was closing the road that loops around 1856 Beavertail Lighthouse which is located in Beavertail State Park in Jamestown, Rhode Island.

>> Click to enlarge << Beavertail Lighthouse in 1944. (U.S. Coast Guard ...

It was stated that damage caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and subsequent storm surges have caused washouts along the road and the surrounding pedestrian path.

>> Click to enlarge << Beavertail Lighthouse in 1951. (U.S. Coast Guard ...

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