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Wall exhibit describing the Great Hurricane of 1938 and its impacts on Jamestown.

A Keeper's Wife not only took care of the family needs, she tended the gardens and livestock, cooked for the various working men and visitors, nursed the occasional survivors of shipwrecks and scrubbed the quarters clean at all times for surprise…

This navigation tool is on loan to BLMA from the Collection of Captain Christopher Karentz.

This room between the Light Tower and the Lighthouse Keeper’s House was constructed in the late 1800s. It contained tools and equipment to service the oil lantern and lenses in the tower. It also served as an office for the Keeper. In 1931…

This is one of the 49 cast iron tread support brackets installed in1856 when the present tower was built. Over 150 years the stresses of settlement have caused a few of the weldments to snap.Modem engineers have determined that the tread supports…

Wall Exhibit

The brass dustpan was an essential tool used to keep the lighthouse "spot clean". Many were marked with "U.S. Light House Service". This dustpan was donated to BLMA by Teresa & David Emond of Jamestown and was originally used by Keeper Edward…

This navigation tool was used to take bearings and sunlines. It is on loan to BLMA from the Collection of Captain Christopher Karentz.

A poster depicting the various navigation lights on display in the Lens Room at Beavertail Lighthouse Museum.

Wall panel providing illustrations, photos, and commentary regarding the various vessels and activities that rely on the continuing operation of Beavertail and other Light Stations

This cast iron vent ball is typical of the standard vent balls used on Lighthouses. The purpose of the vent ball was to allow circulation of air up through the light tower through the lantern room and out through the bottom of the vent ball. A series…

As the Coast Guard automated their lighthouses and removed Keepers who visually sighted fog and turned on the signal, a means to detect fog electronically was invented. This device became the standard sensor used by the US Coast Guard to detect fog…

Craftsman and Date Unknown Donated to BLMA by David Macdonald, Weymouth, MA 2019

This detector was in operation at Beavertail for 20 years and replaced by the Mariner Radio Activated System (MRASS) in 2019.

Designed by Fidelity Technologies, PA, as a backscatter particle light detector, It compromises an XENON Flash (strobe)…

The lighthouse was built in 1826, and then rebuilt in 1932, standing at a height of 54ft with a fixed white character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West with a siren for a fog signal.

May Chrietzbert was born in the Warwick Neck lighthouse in 1913, shortly after her father, Jorgen Bakken, became keeper. She and her sister, now Madeline Wright, grew up near the old lighthouse. In 1932, erosion threatened to undermine the building.…

Richard Fricke was a lighthouse keeper for 27 years at stations including Point Judith, Latimer Reef, and Watch Hill. Richard and his stepson, Fred Buckley, received a citation from the United States government for the rescue of a canoeist who had…

This lighthouse was built in 1807, standing at 62ft tall with a fixed white character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West on Watch Hill Point with a horn for its fog signal.