11460. (copy photo) Newport Harbor (Goat Island) Lighthouse, Rhode Island c.1890’s view.
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11460. (copy photo) Newport Harbor (Goat Island) Lighthouse, Rhode Island c.1890’s view.
11460. (copy photo) Newport Harbor (Goat Island) Lighthouse, Rhode Island c.1890’s view. The Newport Harbor Lighthouse, on Goat Island, was the first beacon to guide mariners into the bustling Newport of the early 1800s. Activated on New Year’s Day of 1824, the stone tower was twenty feet tall with a multi-lamp and reflector combination showing a fixed white light. A nearby keeper’s dwelling had six rooms. Unfortunately, the beacon did not adequately mark the shallow reef just north of the island, and many vessels ran aground on the rocks. It was decided that the light would be of better service if it were placed at the end of a dike, off the northern end of Goat Island. $67,700 was appropriated between 1834 and 1842 to construct the dike and erect a new, twenty-nine foot tower. The exterior walls of the octagonal tower were made of granite, while the interior was lined with hammered stone and had a spiral stone stairway that led to the lantern room. In 1864, the new keeper’s dwelling visible here was built adjacent to the tower on the breakwater. In 1873, a fog bell and striking machinery was added to the station, which can be seen here on the left. Copy photo of early view measures 8” x 10”, clear and crisp. (F-). $12.