Brenton Reef Light (R.I.)

Lighthouses--Rhode Island

Nearest town Newport, RI. Entrance to Narragansett Bay, approximately two miles southwest of Brenton Point. "A lightship served at this location from 1875 to 1962. In the early 1990s the deteriorating tower was dismantled and the scrap became part of an artificial reef known as Shinnecock Reef."
Ref 11/14/2007: http://www.lhdepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=3253


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