Wickford
Harbor Light
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Courtesy of Coast
Guard Historisn's Office
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Location: On
Old Gay Rock at entrance to Wickford Harbor
 1882 - present Lat 41
34 24 N - Long 71 26 12 W
Established: 1882
Lighthouse Constructed:
1882
Removed: 1930
Original Illuminating
Apparatus: Fifth-Order Fresnel Lens
Current Illuminating
Apparatus: 250-mm lens
Height: Lighthouse: Light 42 feet from ground
(1906)
 Skeleton Tower: Light 50 feet above the water (1940)
 25 feet (2005)
Status: Active Aid to Navigation/ Skeleton Tower
Light Characteristic:
Lighthouse: Fixed White
(1906)
 Skeleton tower: Flashing Green every 3 seconds (1940)
 Flashing Green every 6 seconds (2005)
Range: Lighthouse: 12½ miles (1906)
 Skeleton Tower: 3 miles (1940)
 6 miles (2005)
The Lighthouse Board built the Wickford Harbor Lighthouse in
1882 to replace the aging Poplar Point Lighthouse. The new light,
a square wooden tower with an attached keeper's dwelling, was
built on an iron pier at the entrance to Wickford Harbor.
In 1930 the lighthouse was discontinued and was replaced with
a skeleton tower. Today Wickford Harbor Light 1 stands on what's
left of the iron pier.
In 1972 Anita W, Hinckley,
a Wickford resident, wrote the book Wickford Memories. It
was filled with stories about Wickford. One story, The Lighthouse
Keeper's Daughter, took place at the light. It's a sad little
love story.
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