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Poplar Point postcard face - click to enlarge

Poplar Point postcard obverse - click to enlarge

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Poplar Point

State: RI
Year established: 1831
Latitude: 41 deg 34 min 16 sec N
Longitude: 71 deg 26 min 21 sec W
Height above sea level: 48 feet

Original construction:
White octagonal tower on dwelling

Status:
discontinued in 1882

Notes:
private residence

More information:

http://lighthouse.cc/poplar/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/poplar.htm
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 42-44

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