Rhode Island Lighthouses

  Brenton Reef Lights  




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"WRECKED IN 30-FOOT SLOOP; New York Man and His Son Rescued from Brenton Reef Lightship." The New York Times Sept 3, 1919. Retrieved June 10, 2013, from http://www.nytimes.com/, from The New York Times Archives.