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Bristol Ferry postcard face - click to enlarge

Bristol Ferry postcard obverse - click to enlarge

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Bristol Ferry

State: RI
Year established: 1855
Latitude: 41 deg 38 min 34 sec N
Longitude: 71 deg 15 min 37 sec W

Original construction:
34-foot tall square tower; dwelling attached; black lantern

Status:
discontinued in 1927

More information:

http://lighthouse.cc/bristolferry/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. 15-18

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