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Name: Wickford Harbor Light  

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Nearest Town or City:
North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States

Location: Wickford Harbor, Narragansett Bay.


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Notes:
This lighthouse was built offshore on Old Gay Rock. It was destroyed after being discontinued in 1930.

Height of Focal Plane: 52

Characteristic and Range: Fixed white.

Description of Tower: Square wooden tower attached to keeper's dwelling.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1882

Date Deactivated: 1930

Optics: 1882: Fifth order Fresnel lens.

Fog Signal: Originally bell.

Current Use: Destroyed.

Keepers: Henry F. Sherman (1882-1885), Nathaniel Dodge (1885-1893), Edmund Andrews (1893-1931)


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