Location: Warwick Neck, Narragansett Bay
Nearest city: Warwick
41 40 00 N
71 22 42 W
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Accessibility: The station serves as Coast Guard
housing and is closed to the public. Partial views are possible
from the end of Warwick Neck Avenue; the best views are from
the water.
Station established: 1826; Present lighthouse built:
1932; Automated: 1985
Construction material: Cast iron
Height of tower: 51 feet; Height of focal plane: 66
feet
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- Fog signal: 1882: Fog bell
- 1907: Compressed air siren
- Now automated horn with one blast every 15 seconds
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- Earlier optic: Fourth-order Fresnel (1856). Present
optic: 250 mm
- Characteristic: Green light occulting every four
seconds
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Other buildings still standing: 1889 keeper's house,
storage building, garage
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation
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