Brenton Reef Offshore Light Station
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| Courtesy of The National Archives at Boston. |
Location: Entrance
to East Passage of Narragansett Bay
Location: 1962 - 1992 l Lat 41 25 36 N - Long 71 23 24 W
Location: 1962 - 1992 l Lat 41 25 36 N - Long 71 23 24 W
Year Built: 1962
Design: A deckhouse supported by four cross-braced steel legsextending 25 feet into bedrock beneath the
Design: ocean floor.
Design: ocean floor.
Illuminating
Apparatus: A 6 Foot tower rising from the deck, supports a white 1,200,000 candlepower
Illuminating Apparatus: beacon.
Illuminating Apparatus: beacon.
Height: 87 feet
Years on Station: 1962 - 1992
Status: Dismantled in 1992.
Light Characteristic: Group flashing (2) White every 10 seconds;
Light Characteristic: 0.2 seconds flash, 3.0 seconds eclipse
Light Characteristic: 0.2 seconds flash, 6.6 seconds eclipse
Light Characteristic: 0.2 seconds flash, 3.0 seconds eclipse
Light Characteristic: 0.2 seconds flash, 6.6 seconds eclipse
Range:
25 miles (1988)
Range: 16 miles (1989)
Range: 16 miles (1989)