Hog Island Shoal Light

Hog Island Shoal Light
Location	Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°37′56.3″N 71°16′23.6″W / 41.632306°N 71.273222°WCoordinates: 41°37′56.3″N 71°16′23.6″W / 41.632306°N 71.273222°W
Tower
Constructed	1886
Foundation	Cast iron & granite caisson
Construction	Cast iron
Height	60 feet (18 m)
Shape	Sparkplug lighthouse
Markings	White conical tower on black cylindrical pier
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Fog signal	Horn, 2 blasts every 30 seconds; VHF radio activated
Light
First lit	1901
Automated	1964
Focal height	54 feet (16 m)
Lens	5th order Fresnel lens 1901 (original), 9.8 inches (250 mm) (current)
Range	12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi)
Characteristic	Isophase White, 6 seconds
	Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse as seen from a boat
Built	1901
MPS	Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR
NRHP reference No.	88000282
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1988

Hog Island Shoal Light, built in 1901, is a sparkplug lighthouse on a shoal off of Hog Island, Rhode Island.^[2]^[3]^[4] It is located about 600 feet (180 m) southeast of the island, at the entrance to Mount Hope Bay. It stands on a circular concrete foundation set in about 10 feet (3.0 m) of water, and rising about 6 feet (1.8 m) above the water line. It was built to replace a light ship, and was the last light station formally established in the state.^[5] The lighthouse was automated in 1964. In 1988 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[1] In 2006 the lighthouse was auctioned by the GSA as government surplus to a private buyer.

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012. p. 171.
^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Rhode Island". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^ Rowlett, Russ (2012-10-31). "Lighthouses of Rhode Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^ "Lighthouses of Rhode Island MPS" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-03.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[cgll-2] Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012. p. 171.

[cghist-3] "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Rhode Island". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

[rowlett-4] Rowlett, Russ (2012-10-31). "Lighthouses of Rhode Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[NRHP-5] "Lighthouses of Rhode Island MPS" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-03.

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v t Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Islands	Hog Island Hope Island Patience Island Prudence Island
Schools	Portsmouth School Dep't Portsmouth Abbey School
Landmarks	Battle of Rhode Island Site Greenvale Farm (1864) Green Animals Topiary Garden (1859) Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse (1901) Lawton-Almy-Hall Farm Mount Hope Bridge (1929) Oak Glen Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse Parsonage and Cemetery (1699) Prudence Island Lighthouse (1823) Union Church (1720) Wreck Sites of H.M.S. Cerberus and H.M.S. Lark (1778)
This list is incomplete.

v t Narragansett Bay
Islands	Aquidneck Island Conanicut Island Prudence Island Patience Island Hog Island Dutch Island Coaster's Harbor Island Cornelius Island Despair Island Dyer Island Fox Island Goat Island Gould Island Greene Island Hope Island Lime Rock Rabbit Island Rock Island Rose Island Starvegoat Island Whale Rock
Major rivers	Blackstone River Pawtuxet River Providence River Taunton River Sakonnet River Seekonk River
Cities & towns	Providence Newport Cranston Warwick East Providence Barrington Bristol East Greenwich Jamestown Middletown Narragansett North Kingstown Portsmouth Warren
Bridges	Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge Mount Hope Bridge Sakonnet River Bridge Jamestown Bridge

v t Lighthouses of Rhode Island
Main: List of lighthouses in the United States
Beavertail Block Island North Block Island Southeast Brenton Reef Bristol Ferry Bullock's Point Castle Hill Conanicut Island Conimicut Dutch Island Gould Island Gull Rocks Hog Island Shoal Ida Lewis Rock Musselbed Shoals Nayatt Point Newport Harbor Plum Beach Point Judith Pomham Rocks Poplar Point Prudence Island Rose Island Sabin Point Sakonnet Warwick Watch Hill Whale Rock Wickford Harbor

Hog Island Shoal Light

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