Pomham Rocks Light

Pomham Rocks Light (also known as "Pomham Lighthouse") is a historic lighthouse in the Providence River about 200 yards (180 m) off the shoreline of the Riverside neighborhood of the city of East Providence, Rhode Island.

Pomham Rocks Light
Pomham Rocks Light in 2007, viewed from a boat.
LocationRiverside Rd., East Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°46′39.062″N 71°22′10.394″W
Year first constructed1871
Year first lit1871
Automated1974
Deactivated1974-2006
FoundationStone
ConstructionWood
Tower shapeOctagonal on square house
Markings / patternWhite with black lantern and red roof on house
Tower height12 metre 
Focal height67 feet (20 m)
Original lens6th order Fresnel lens
Current lens9.8 inches (250 mm)
Range6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi)
CharacteristicFixed Red
Fog signalnone
Admiralty numberJ0602
ARLHS numberUSA-643
USCG number1-18555

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Heritageplace listed on the National Register of Historic Places 
Pomham Rocks Light Station
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
MPSLighthouses of Rhode Island TR (AD)
NRHP reference No.79000001 [4]
Added to NRHPJuly 09, 1979

The light was established in 1871. The light was one of a group of New England lighthouses built to the same plan after an award-winning design by a Vermont architect. Nearly identical lights were constructed at Sabin Point, Rose Island, Esopus Meadows Light and Colchester Reef. It was deactivated in 1974, but relighted on July 30, 2006. The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Pomham Rocks Light Station on July 9, 1979. In the 1970s the light was sold to The American Lighthouse Foundation, and is today managed by the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse.

List of keepers
  1. C.H. Salisbury (1871 – 1893)
  2. Mary A. Salisbury (1893)
  3. Nathaniel Dodge (1893 – 1898)
  4. Thomas S. Fishburne (1898 – 1908)
  5. Adolf H. Aronson (1908 – 1937)
  6. William James Howard (1937 – 1951)
  7. Howard B. Beebe (1951 – 1956)
  8. Unknown (1956-1971)
  9. Dennis Tardiff (1971 – 1974)
  • Pomham Rocks Lighthouse on March 23, 2018
  • Viewed from the air
  • Pomham Rocks Light in 2008 with sewage treatment plant in foreground
  • 1905 postcard

See also

References
  1. Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 169.
  2. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Rhode Island". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  3. Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-08). "Lighthouses of Rhode Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.


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