Location: Newport Harbor; Nearest city: Newport
- 41 28 39 N
- 71 19 34 W
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Accessibilty: The yacht club is not open to the
general public on a regular basis. Best views are from the many
harbor cruises in Newport.
Station established: 1854; Discontinued: 1927 (relighted
later as a private aid)
Construction material: Stone; Height of tower: 13
feet; Height of focal plane: 30 feet
Earlier optic: Sixth-order Fresnel (now on display
inside the Ida Lewis Yacht Club); Present optic: Lantern in original
tower, lit May to October.
Building is now the Ida
Lewis Yacht Club
Other buildings still standing: 1856 keeper's house
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