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Watch Hill
State: RI
Year established: 1807
Latitude: 41 deg 18
min 14 sec N
Longitude: 71 deg 51
min 31 sec W
Height above sea level: 61 feet Original construction:
35-foot round wooden tower Rebuilds:
 1856:Square, gray 45-foot granite tower attached to white building
Status:
automated in 1986;active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
alternating red and white flashes every 5 seconds visible for 14 nautical miles; fog signal 1 blast every 30 seconds
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/watchhill/index.html
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 85-87
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), p. 129
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