Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Rhode Island--Sakonnet Light

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SAKONNET LIGHT

State: RHODE ISLAND
Location: LITTLE CORMORANT ROCK / SAKONNET RIVER
Nearest City: LITTLE COMPTON
County: NEWPORT
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1884

1997 image courtesy of Friends of Sakonnet Lighthouse, Inc.

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1884
Is the Light Operational? YES (PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION)
Date Deactivated: 1955-1997
Automated: 1997
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE/IRON CAISSON ON ROCK
Construction Materials: CAST IRON W/BRICK LINING
Markings/Patterns: WHITE ON BLACK BASE W/RED BAND AT TOP
Shape: CONICAL ON CYLINDRICAL BASE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 66
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1884
Present Optic: SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1997
Height of Focal Plane: 70
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL FOURTH ORDER LENS AT SHORE VILLAGE MUSEUM, ROCKLAND, MAINE
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: AIR DIAPHONE HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1884
Number of Stories: 3
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
Construction Materials: CAST IRON

Other Structures: CISTERN

Current Use: AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: FRIENDS OF SAKONNET LIGHTHOUSE, INC.

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #83000179
Name of Listing: SAKONNET LIGHT STATION (LIGHTHOUSES OF RHODE ISLAND TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
LIGHT DAMAGED IN 1954 HURRICANE; RESTORED 1985; "RELIT" IN 1997

Last Modified: Tues, Mar 26 2002 1:08:02 pm EDT
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