Location: West passage of Narragansett Bay
Nearest town: Jamestown, Rhode Island
- 41 29 48 N
- 71 24 16 W
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Accessibility: The lighthouse is not open to the
public and is best seen by boat.
Station established: 1827; Present lighthouse built:
1857; Discontinued: 1979
Relighted: 2007
Characteristic: Red light; two seconds on, four seconds
off.
Construction material: Brick
Height of tower: 42 feet; Height of focal plane: 56
feet
Earlier optic: Fourth-order Fresnel (1857); Present
optic: None
Other buildings still standing: Small concrete storage
building, remains of cistern.
Lighthouse is owned by the Rhode Island Department
of Environmental Management.
Maintained by:
Dutch
Island Lighthouse Society
A chapter of the American
Lighthouse Foundation
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