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Sakonnet Light Model made by Joe Bouchard

This lighthouse was built in 1872, standing at 46ft tall with a fixed red character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West with a bell as its fog signal. Sabin Point was maintained for 97 years until it was discontinued in 1969.

Donation box

This lighthouse was built in 1870, standing at 48ft tall with a fixed red character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West on Rose Island with a bell as its fog signal. It was maintained for 101 years until it was discontinued in…

Video donated to BLMA by Linda Warner.
12 min 6 seconds long
m4v format video

Hand built model

Wall plaque

Wall panel describing the history and activities of the US Lifesaving Service along the Rhode Island coastline.

This "blinking Light" is one of the biggest "Single Piece Acrylic Fresnel Optic". Manufactured by Tideland Signal Co, this type of light is often used in lighthouses, beacons, platforms, and channel markers as it is able to produce a stronger light…

This bass was caught by A. S. Clarke on Oct. 22, 1936, weighing 65lbs. As of this writing (2021), it still holds the record for the largest striped bass ever caught from the shore. It weighed in at 65 pounds. The fish was restored by John P. Lopes,…

This Radio Direction Finder (RDF) is typical of those used in vessels for navigation purposes by determining the bearing of radio signals transmitting from shore stations and lightships. The radio beacon from the Brenton Reef lightship and later the…

This "Quick Red Flashing" navigation light was donated to the museum by Ronald Bugenski MM2, former Assistant Lighthouse Keeper here at Beavertail from 1962 to 1965.

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse
Color photo - Stanley J. Szelka

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse
Beavertail Point - Copyright John T Hopf

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse
Color photo - Kowal

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse
Aerial photo - Jerry Taylor, Newport, RI

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse
Photo by Violet Hayward - ca 1930s

Postcard Beavertail Lighthouse