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This lighthouse was built in 1886, standing at 45ft tall with a fixed red character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West, North end on Conanicut Island. Conanicut Point was maintained for 47 years until it was discontinued in 1933.

Conimicut Light Model Warwick RI made by Joe Bouchard

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.

Storyboard describing the events leading to the creation of Beavertail State Park.

This collection of 21 handmade wooden models, each representing a lighthouse in Rhode Island, was created by Robert Dennis. Robert Denniswas in the US Lighthouse Service in the 1930’s and later on ships inthe North Atlantic convoys. During WWII he…

The Granite Light tower was built in 1856, standing at 56ft high above hightide. It has an identical tower at Watch Hill Light, however, it is lesser in height. The tower has 2ft thick wall with more than 4,500 blocks in it. Inside the tower, there…

photo copy of a newspaper article

Hand built model

Storyboard discussing the various Fog Signal devises that have been used at Beavertail over the years.

Fog Signals at Beavertail from early days until the present day

Storyboard describing the development of the Harbor Defense Command and Fort Burnside at Beavertail and their roles in the defense of Narragansett Bay during World War II

Hand built model

The lens on display in the center of this room is a fourth-order lens that was in the tower at Beavertail until it was replaced in 1991 by a rotating beacon. The lens can be open to allow visitors to see inside. Touching the glass prisms is…

This wall panel provides the history of the Fresnel lens and its inventor Agustin Jean Fresnel.

The Funck-Heap lamp, introduced in 1892, became the standard lamp used with every 4th order Fresnel Lens in America. A Lamp such as this one probably provided the light source for the Fresnel lens on display in the center of this room before it was…

Wall Panel depicting the invention and history of gas lighting in Newport, RI, and at Beavertail Lighthouse.

The stained glass artwork created was in memory of the "Governor Carr" ferry that was active from 1927 until 1958.Artist unknown