Gull Rocks Light
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Not to be confused with Gull Rock Light Station in Lake Superior.
The Gull Rocks Light was a lighthouse at the entrance to Newport harbor northwest of Rose Island. A unique A-frame structure, it was supplemented with a skeleton tower in 1928.
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Location | Narragansett Bay near Newport, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°30′8.5″N 71°19′59″W |
Tower | |
Construction | Wood frame |
Automated | 1960 |
Height | 33 feet (10 m) |
Shape | A-frame house with skeleton tower added in 1928 |
Light | |
First lit | 1887 |
Deactivated | 1969 |
Lens | two lens lanterns |
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