State: Rhode Island
Location: Providence River
First Light: November 4, 1872
Construction Material: Granite (1st Floor); Wood (2nd Floor)
Lighthouse Style: Second Empire, with Mansard Roof (Grey Slate)
Tower Height: 40 feet from Granite Pier, 48 feet above water
House Size: 28 feet by 28 feet
Granite Pier: 32 feet by 32 feet
Discontinued: 1968
Original Lens: 6th Order Fresnel Lens, Upgraded to a 4th Order Fresnel
Lens in 1935
Current Optic: None
Lens Characteristic: Fixed White: 1872 - 1900
Fixed Red: 1900 - 1968 (Does NOT Flash)
Fog Signal: Currently: None
Past: Fog bell: One strike every 9 seconds; 160 pound bell
c.1900 - 1938 (Lost In Hurricane of ‘38) (Replaced) -1968
Status: Lighthouse no longer exists
- Burned on the 4th of July by the EP fire department in 1968
- The Sabin Point Daymarker was placed after the lighthouse was removed, close to where the lighthouse once stood.
Other:
- Received electricity in 1956, via underwater cable from the Pomham Rocks lighthouse
- 4,215 gallon cistern
- Orginally shown a fixed white light; changed to fixed red when fog bell was added
- Boat landing built of granite was connected to the pier.
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