Location: Newport Harbor; Nearest city: Newport
41 29 36 N
71 19 37 W
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Accessibility: The lighthouse
is not open to the public, but the grounds are adjacent to the Hyatt
Regency Newport and are open.
Station established: 1824; Present lighthouse built:
1842; Automated: 1963
Construction material: Granite
Height of tower: 35 feet; Height of focal plane: 33
feet
Earlier optic: Fourth-order Fresnel (1857); Present
optic: 250 mm
Characteristic: Fixed green
Other buildings still standing: None
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation
Managed by American Lighthouse Foundation
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