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Information regarding Beavertail Fort Burnside during World War II

Lighthouse Models made by Robert I. Dennis

In 1951 Dominic Turillo was transfered from the Rose Island Light to the Beavertail Light Station to take up the position of assistant keeper under Keeper Edward A. Donahue. In 1953 Turillo was promoted to Keeper, a post from which he retired in 1966.

As stated in an article form "The Echo" in August of 1989:

"It (Beavertail) was where he raised his 11 children, where he saw unlucky craft hit the jagged cliffs of this most wonderful piece of Rhode Island coastline, where he painted white the top half of the massive granite lighthouse, and where he watched the changes take place, the kind that would make people like himself, keepers of lighthouses, not only an endangered species, but an obsolete one."

This exhibit gives you access to copies of the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association's quarterly Newsletter, the "Lighthouse Log" 

The oldest issue in the exhibit is from December of 1986. We are currently missing some issues but are actively tracking down copies to include to make this a complete collection.

An ongoing project for this exhibit is to create a searchable "Table of Contents" for each issue.

We will continue to add to this exhibit as new issues are produced.

This presention is arranged by year of publication.

On line podcast interview of BLMA board member Linda Warner by Jeremy D’Entremont.