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Block Island South-East
State: RI
Year established: 1875
Latitude: 41 deg 9
min 9 sec N
Longitude: 71 deg 33
min 4 sec W
Height above sea level: 261 feet Original construction:
52-foot octagonal red-brick tower, attached to dwelling. Rebuilds:
 1993: moved inland 300 feet from the edge of the bluff
Status:
deactivated 1990-1994; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
Flashing green every 5 seconds, visible for 20 miles
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/blockisoutheast/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. 82-84
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), pp. 122-123
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