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General Information

Other name(s): Goat Island Light
Completion: 1842
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Lighthouse

Awards and Distinctions

Location

Location: , , ,
Address: 1 Goat Island Road
Coordinates: 41° 29' 35.94" N    71° 19' 37.41" W
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Technical Information

Materials

tower granite

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Newport Harbor Light, also known as the Goat Island Light or Green Light, built in 1842, is located on north end of Goat Island, which is part of the city of Newport, Rhode Island, United States, in Narragansett Bay. The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

History

The first light on Goat Island was constructed in 1823–1824, but was transported in 1851 to Prudence Island, where the structure still remains as the Prudence Island Light. The current light was constructed in 1842 a few yards off the coast of Goat Island, and was connected to Goat Island by a narrow dike (the area was filled in the 1960s for the hotel) because the previous light failed in adequately warning ships of a reef just a few yards off Goat Island. The original lighting apparatus, however, was transferred to the newer lighthouse in 1842.

In 1864, an attached lighthouse keeper's house was built. In 1921, a submarine hit the breakwater, damaging the foundation of the keeper's house. An electric light was placed in the tower the following year. The damaged keeper's dwelling was later torn down.

After a private developer purchased Goat Island in the 1960s, the land between the northern end of Goat Island and the light was filled in to build a hotel. In 2000, the Coast Guard leased the light to the American Lighthouse Foundation; it is managed by the Friends of Newport Harbor Lighthouse.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Newport Harbor Light" and modified on January 11, 2024 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

Participants

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20087604
  • Published on:
    18/12/2023
  • Last updated on:
    20/01/2024
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