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Point Judith Lighthouse - Model
This lighthouse was built in 1810, standing at 67ft tall with a flashing white character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West with a siren for its fog signal.
Southeast Light - Model
This lighthouse was built in 1875, standing at 201ft tall with a fixed white character. It is located 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West on Mohegan Bluffs, Block Island with a stream siren as its fog signal.
Pomham Rocks Lighthouse- Model
This lighthouse was built in 1871, standing at 76ft tall with a fixed red character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West Providence River with no fog signal. Pomham Rocks was maintained for 103 years until it was discontinued in…
Sabin Point Lighthouse - Model
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.
Rose Island Lighthouse - Model
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…
Watch Hill Lighthouse - Model
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.
Gull Rocks Lighthouse - Model
This lighthouse was built in 1887, standing at 42ft tall with a East-White, West-Red character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West on Gull Rocks -- Newport Harbor with a bell for a fog signal. Gull Rocks was maintained for 73 years…
Bullocks Point Lighthouse - Model
This lighthouse was built in 1872, standing at 50ft tall with a red fixed character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degree West on shoal off Bullocks Point. Bullocks Point was maintained for 66 years until it was discontinued in 1939.
Warwick Light - Model
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.
Hog Island Lighthouse - Model
The lighthouse was built in 1901, standing at 54ft tall with a flashing white character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West on Hog Island Shoal.
Sandy Point, Prudence Island Lighthouse - Model
This lighthouse was moved to Goat Island in 1852 and has a height of 28ft with a fixed white character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West on East Side of Prudence Island with a bell for its fog signal.
Bordens Flats Lighthouse - Model
This lighthouse was built in 1881, standing at 48ft tall with a fixed white character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West on the Bordens Flats in Taunton River with a bell for its fog signal.
Conimicut Lighthouse - Model
This lighthouse was built in 1868, standing at 58ft tall and has a fixed white with red sector. It has a bell as its fog signal and is located 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West on the end of Conimicut sand split.
Beavertail Fog Bell (1829) -Model
Beavertail was the first Lighthouse in America using a bell for a fog signal. Constructed in 1829 the 600 lb bell on top of a 12' tower was located nearby the existing 1749 lighthouse foundation. The remains of the 1829 fog bell foundation are still…
Navigation Sextant
This navigation sextant was manufactured in Britain by Kelvin & Hughes.
It is on loan to BLMA from the Collection of Captain Christopher Karentz.
Ship in a Bottle
This ship in a bottle is a replica of a four-masted barque (circa early 1900s)
It was handcrafted by Italian immigrant Giovanni Ferriolo, who sailed in a vessel of this type as a Bosun Mate.
It was donated to BLMA by Giovanni's grandson, John A.…
Viking Ship Model
Craftsman and Date Unknown
Donated to BLMA by David Macdonald, Weymouth, MA 2019
Horse Driven Fog Signal
Model of horse-driven fog signal used at Beavertail in 1851.
It was designed by David Daboll of New London CT. to operate his famous fog trumpet.
The horse, walking the endless treadmill, compressed air into a tank, which in turn modulated the…
Astrocompass
With knowledge of the current time and geographical position in the form of latitude and longitude, the astrocompass is sighted on any astronomical object with a know position to give an extremely accurate reading determining the direction of "true…
Three Arm Navigation Protractor
This navigation tool is on loan to BLMA from the Collection of Captain Christopher Karentz.