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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NYK_the-keepers-house_Jamestown-RI.html
Although most lighthouse keepers were married, at many small lighthouses they lived a solitary life while their families remained on the mainland. Beavertail, being on Conanicut Island, allowed the keepers and their family to live at the site.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NYA_foundation-of-the-original-beavertail-lighthouse_Jamestown-RI.html
Foundation of the Original
Beavertail Lighthouse
Erected 1749
Third Lighthouse To
Be Established On
The Atlantic Coast
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXY_fog-signal-building_Jamestown-RI.html
In 1829, Congress appropriated $1,250 for a 600-pound fog bell for Beavertail. Prior to that time the keeper fired a cannon on foggy nights. That same year a fog bell house was built adjacent to the tower.
Beavertail has probably seen more type…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXW_whale-rock-lighthouse_Jamestown-RI.html
What resembles a submarine on the surface just over a mile southwest of this point is all that remains of the Whale Rock Lighthouse.
Whale Rock is a flat ledge about a half acre in size, yet it claimed at least eight ships and six lives before …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXM_the-assistant-keepers-house_Jamestown-RI.html
The first assistant keeper at Beavertail Light was hired about 1859. It appears that the early assistant keepers shared part of the keeper's quarters or lived in one of the outbuildings on site.
In 1898, the U.S. Lighthouse Board added this res…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXH_the-west-passage-to-narragansett-bay_Jamestown-RI.html
You are looking at the West Passage, one of two entrances to Narragansett Bay, New England's largest estuary. There are over 30 islands in the bay. There is very little commercial shipping in the West Passage since it is much shallower than the Ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAB_the-breakers_Newport-RI.html
Built 1893 - 1895 has been designated aNational Historic LandmarkThis building possesses National significancein commemorating the history of theUnited States of America1994National Park ServiceUnited States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195H_understanding-the-fort_Newport-RI.html
This model of Fort Adams provides an overview of the Fort's design, including the main structure and the outworks for land defense. The drawings of the Fort show details of its construction and reveal the complexity of its design along with the te…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1959_elisha-johnson-house_Newport-RI.html
This Property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1957_buffum-redwood-house_Newport-RI.html
This Property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.