Rose Island Light
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| Location | Newport, Rhode Island |
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| Foundation | Masonry |
| Construction | Wood |
| Height | 35 feet (11 m) |
| Shape | Octagonal |
| Markings | White tower on dwelling |
| Fog signal | none |
| Light | |
| Deactivated | 1971-1992 |
| Focal height | 48 feet (15 m) |
| Lens | 6th order Fresnel lens, 1870 |
| Characteristic | Flashing white, 6 seconds |
Rose Island Lighthouse | |
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| Part of | Fort Hamilton Historic District (ID01001158) |
| MPS | Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000033[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 10, 1987 |
| Designated CP | October 22, 2001 |
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The Rose Island Light, built in 1870, is on Rose Island in Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States.[2][3][4] It is preserved, maintained and operated by The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation.
One of a group of New England lighthouses built to an award-winning design by Vermont architect Albert Dow,[4] Rose Island Light has sisters at Sabin Point, Pomham Rocks, Esopus Meadows Light and Colchester Reef. The lighthouse stands atop a bastion of Fort Hamilton, which was built in 1798-1800.
The building was abandoned as a functioning lighthouse in 1970, when the Newport Bridge was constructed nearby. In 1984, the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation was founded to restore the dilapidated light on behalf of the City of Newport, which had received it for free from the United States government.[5] In 1987, the federal government listed the lighthouse on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1992 it was relit as a private aid to navigation.[2][3]
The lighthouse is today a travel destination, reached only by boat. For a fee to the Foundation, visitors can spend a night as a guest or a week as the "lighthouse keeper," completing many of the chores required to keep the lighthouse in good condition.
See also
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- ^ www.roseislandlighthouse.org (accessed Dec. 9. 2008)
External links
[edit | edit source]- Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. RI-57, "Rose Island Lighthouse, Rose Island, Newport vicinity, Newport County, RI"
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- Lighthouses in Newport County, Rhode Island
- Buildings and structures in Newport, Rhode Island
- Narragansett Bay
- Lighthouses completed in 1870
- Historic district contributing properties in Rhode Island
- Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- National Register of Historic Places in Newport, Rhode Island
- Historic American Engineering Record in Rhode Island
- Tourist attractions in Newport, Rhode Island
- 1870 establishments in Rhode Island