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Sassafras Point
State: RI
Year established: 1872
Latitude: 41 deg 48
min 0 sec N
Longitude: 71 deg 23
min 30 sec W
Height above sea level: 25 feet Original construction:
White wooden hexagonal pyramid on granite pier; black lantern
Status:
discontinued and demolished in 1912 for channel widening
More information:
 http://lighthouse.cc/sassafras/index.html
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 32-34
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