 Musselbed Shoals Light before 1924 enlargement | |
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| Location | South of Bristol Point at west entrance to Mount Hope Bay |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°38′10.67″N 71°15′35.80″W / 41.6362972°N 71.2599444°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1873  |
| Foundation | stone pier |
| Construction | wood frame |
| Height | 35 feet (11 m) (incl. foundation) |
| Shape | square house with integral tower |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1873 |
| Deactivated | 1938 |
| Focal height | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Lens | sixth-order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi) (red) |
| Characteristic | fixed red |
The Musselbed Shoals Light was a lighthouse which once stood in Narragansett Bay at the west entrance to Mount Hope Bay, south of Bristol Point.[1] As with many Rhode Island lights, it was a casualty of the New England Hurricane of 1938.
- ^ Chart 13226: Mount Hope Bay (Map). 1 : 20,000. NOAA. 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-26.