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| Location | N. end of Goat Island, Newport Harbor, Newport, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°29′35.92″N 71°19′37.34″W / 41.4933111°N 71.3270389°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1823 |
| Foundation | Granite breakwater |
| Construction | Granite blocks |
| Automated | 1963 |
| Height | 35 feet (11 m) |
| Shape | Octagonal conical |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Fog signal | none |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1842 (current tower) |
| Focal height | 33 feet (10 m) |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens (original), 250 mm (9.8 in) (current) |
| Range | 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fixed Green |
Newport Harbor Lighthouse | |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1865 |
| MPS | Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000276[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 30, 1988 |
The Newport Harbor Light, also known as the Goat Island Light or Green Light, built in 1842, is located on north end of Goat Island, which is part of the city of Newport, Rhode Island, United States, in Narragansett Bay.[2][3][4] The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 162.
- ^ "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 (2009-12-08). "Lighthouses of Rhode Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.