Fuller Rock Light

Fuller Rock Light
1914 postcard image of Fuller Rock Light
Map
LocationProvidence River south of Kettle Point
Coordinates41°47′39″N 71°22′47″W / 41.7941°N 71.3797°W / 41.7941; -71.3797[1]
Tower
Constructed1872 Edit this on Wikidata
Foundationgranite pier[3]
ConstructionWood[3]
Automated1918
Height14 feet (4.3 m)[3]
Shapehexagonal pyramidal tower[3]
Light
First lit1872[2]
Deactivated1923[2]
Focal height28 feet (8.5 m)[2]
Lenssixth order Fresnel lens[2]
CharacteristicIso R 6s Edit this on Wikidata

The Fuller Rock Light was a lighthouse in Providence, Rhode Island. Destroyed in an explosion, it was replaced by a skeleton tower on the same foundation.

  1. ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2010. This light is listed there as #18580 (Channel Light 42).
  2. ^ a b c d "Fuller Rock Lighthouse". Jeremy D'Entremont. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  3. ^ a b c d "Fuller Rock Lighthouse". R. Holmes. Retrieved 2011-01-06.