Hog Island Shoal Light
Lighthouse
41°37′56.3″N 71°16′23.6″W / 41.632306°N 71.273222°W / 41.632306; -71.273222
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Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse
Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse as seen from a boat
Hog Island Shoal Light, built in 1901, is a sparkplug lighthouse on a shoal off of Hog Island, Rhode Island.[2][3][4] It is located about 600 feet (180 m) southeast of the island, at the entrance to Mount Hope Bay. It stands on a circular concrete foundation set in about 10 feet (3.0 m) of water, and rising about 6 feet (1.8 m) above the water line. It was built to replace a light ship, and was the last light station formally established in the state.[5] The lighthouse was automated in 1964. In 1988 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1] In 2006 the lighthouse was auctioned by the GSA as government surplus to a private buyer.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012. p. 171.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Rhode Island". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (2012-10-31). "Lighthouses of Rhode Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ "Lighthouses of Rhode Island MPS" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
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Portsmouth, Rhode Island
- Hog Island
- Hope Island
- Patience Island
- Prudence Island
- Portsmouth School Dep't
- Portsmouth HS
- Portsmouth Abbey School
- Battle of Rhode Island Site
- Greenvale Farm (1864)
- Green Animals Topiary Garden (1859)
- Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse (1901)
- Lawton-Almy-Hall Farm
- Mount Hope Bridge (1929)
- Oak Glen
- Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse Parsonage and Cemetery (1699)
- Prudence Island Lighthouse (1823)
- Union Church (1720)
- Wreck Sites of H.M.S. Cerberus and H.M.S. Lark (1778)
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