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Prudence Island (Sand Pt)
State: RI
Year established: 1852
Latitude: 41 deg 36
min 21 sec N
Longitude: 71 deg 19
min 27 sec W
Height above sea level: 28 feet Original construction:
25-foot white octagonal granite tower (1823 lighthouse moved from Newport Harbor)
Light characteristic:
flashing green every 6 seconds visible for 6 nautical miles
More information:
 http://lighthouse.cc/prudence/index.html
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHRI.html
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 37-39
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), pp. 127-128
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