Rhode Island Lighthouse History

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 Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse


 Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse
 Courtesy of National Archives

 



 

 

 

 Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse

 

Location: Entrance to Mount Bay
1901 - presentLat 41 37 56 N - Long 71 16 24 W


Established: 1901


Lighthouse Constructed: 1901


Automated: 1964


Original Illuminating Apparatus: Fifth Order Fresnel Lens


Current Illuminating Apparatus: 250-mm lens


Height: 60 feet


Status: Active Aid to Navigation


Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1906)
Isophase White every 6 seconds (2005)


Range: 12½ miles (1906)
12 miles (2005)


 

 


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