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  2. Watch Hill Light - Wikipedia

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    The next lighthouse opened in 1856 and remains as the present structure, standing 45 feet (14 m) tall. [1] [2] [3] The steamer Metis crashed off Watch Hill in 1872, killing 130 people. In 1873, lighthouse keeper Captain Jared Starr Crandall was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for rescue operations involving the Metis. In 1879, Capt ...

  3. Watch Hill, Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Watch Hill sits at the most southwestern point of Rhode Island on a stubby peninsula jutting into Block Island Sound. [6] It includes a smaller peninsula known as Napatree Point, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km)-long sandy spit that extends west from the Watch Hill business district, and Sandy Point, which was once attached to Napatree Point.

  4. List of lighthouses in Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1749 [1] and the last in 1962 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest surviving structure is the much-modified Poplar Point Light, although the tower now standing at Prudence Island Light was first erected at Goat Island in 1824.

  5. There are 21 lighthouses in Rhode Island. What to know and ...

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  6. What's next for 3 RI lighthouses? National Park Service ... - AOL

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  7. The oldest lighthouse in RI has changed hands. Here's what to ...

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    The lighthouse was listed as 'free to a good home' by the federal government in 2020. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...

  8. Category : Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic ...

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    Pages in category "Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  9. OPINION: U.S. should not give away the valuable Watch Hill ...

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    Jul. 29—It's hard to imagine what the magnificent four-acre peninsula on which Watch Hill Lighthouse is perched might be worth. It is a remarkable tongue of land surrounded by water, stretching ...