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Watch Hill Lighthouse
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Watch Hill-Rhode Island (RI)
- Kategorie: lighthouses
- Abschnitt: Lighthouses
From www.lighthouse.cc:
Location: Fishers Island Sound east approach (juncture of Block Island Sound and Fishers Island Sound)
Nearest town: Westerly, Rhode Island
Accessibility: The lighthouse is closed to the public. The grounds and a museum in the oil house are open limited hours in summer. There is no parking near the lighthouse; visitors must park in town and walk (about 15 minutes).
The Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum in the station's oil house is open July-August; Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1-3 p.m.
Station established: 1808; Present lighthouse built: 1856; Automated: 1986
Construction material: Granite with brick lining
Height of tower: 45 feet; Height of focal plane: 61 feet
Original optic: Fourth order Fresnel (1856); Present optic: VRB-25
Characteristic: Alternating red and white flash every 2.5 seconds
Fog signal: One blast every 30 seconds
Other buildings still standing: 1856 keeper's house, oil house, garage, 1909 fog signal building
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.
Location: Fishers Island Sound east approach (juncture of Block Island Sound and Fishers Island Sound)
Nearest town: Westerly, Rhode Island
Accessibility: The lighthouse is closed to the public. The grounds and a museum in the oil house are open limited hours in summer. There is no parking near the lighthouse; visitors must park in town and walk (about 15 minutes).
The Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum in the station's oil house is open July-August; Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1-3 p.m.
Station established: 1808; Present lighthouse built: 1856; Automated: 1986
Construction material: Granite with brick lining
Height of tower: 45 feet; Height of focal plane: 61 feet
Original optic: Fourth order Fresnel (1856); Present optic: VRB-25
Characteristic: Alternating red and white flash every 2.5 seconds
Fog signal: One blast every 30 seconds
Other buildings still standing: 1856 keeper's house, oil house, garage, 1909 fog signal building
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.
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Wetter in der Gegend
Heute (6 Mai)
14.9 ° C
10.2 ° (min) 16.3 ° (max)
6.3 mm
3.2 m/s
1014 hPa
Morgen (7 Mai)
18.7 ° C
11.9 ° (min) 18.7 ° (max)
0 mm
3.9 m/s
1009 hPa
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