9 20 305 https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/1b571f54006de425af6728622689ffa5.jpg d30dc51ea1a9c2323bb40e4de8d00169 https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/2f84e8af37744948265f2ae6a5ee4da8.jpg 5c18821316da498903355a5a99013e26 PDF Document Document in PDF format Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Turillo Sheds light on Coastal Living By Joe Fuoco, Echo Staff Writer August 11, 1989 “I've seen a lot of ships go aground," he is saying. The view from the edge of the cliff is wide and magnificent. The haze is spreading. It's not fog yet, just a haze. In the far distance, near the horizon a large ship with its sails down is moving slowly, a smaller craft is bouncing in the surf. Domenic Turillo is putting on his glasses to see clearly. "They move back and forth,” he says. “They sway. Years ago, when I was here all the time, it was nothing to get up in the morning and see small craft aground, even smashed, against the rocks." One kind of memory. Domenic has a treasure load of them. He moves about the buildings that comprise the Beavertail Lighthouse and Museum and private dwelling with a quiet sense of ownership, or is it simply familiarity? This was once home to Domenic. It 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. He retired before that. It was coming, and he knew it, but that didn't have anything to do with his retirement. Looking trim and sunburned, gently weathered, Domenic is 65, and moves with the agility of a youth. He points out the building where he and his late wife Dorothy raised the children. That was in the '50s and '60s. "That little area was our kitchen," Domenic says, pointing out a small room attaching the larger buildings. And that two story building was our house. Red brick, and whitewashed — we, my assistant and I had to whitewash it every year. That was his house, the other building, now a museum. Others live in the house now, and a pole fence warns that beyond is private — don't go there. There is little maintenance now, Domenic says, and the people who live there live rent-free. It wasn't so in Domenic's day. “It was a regular job,” Domenic says. “Each morning I would put up the colors — the flag — then assign the work for the day. We had an engineer in the engine room — we had to assign maintenance – as I say, paint the buildings, check everything. This was a whole enterprise, so to speak. Some people have a strange idea about lighthouses. I suppose it's understandable. It goes with the romance. You drive by, look over the side of a bridge, see a lighthouse and think there must be some old man all alone there keeping the light.' Well, that's a nice romantic idea. My house, this house, was filled with kids – 11 of them, plus my wife and myself. It was wonderful. The kids were very disciplined and never went near the cliffs. We loved it. The best years of my life were spent here. It was like living on a private estate." It is a mercilessly hot day, but inside the museum section the wind is brisk and even cool. “Always this way,” Domenic says. “Always a breeze here, really a wind. Once, all you heard was the wind and in the fog and in the haze the sound of horns from the buoys. Peaceful and beautiful. That was long before the park system took it over. It's wonderful now too, and because everything except the private quarters is open to the public, the public gets to see inside. Really inside. But the romance is gone." The romance of a lighthouse not invaded by strangers, one home to an expanding family, sending its beam rhythmically across the water, its big horns blasting a guiding way through the darkest of nights. That is the romance that has been sacrificed to automation. Safer, yes. Surer? Maybe. But where is the sense of an almost mystical quality — the shadowy figure turning the big lens to catch the light and send it beaming out? The mystery is gone. The lighthouses that stand and are being preserved are all mechanized. Their beams are fixed; they don't move, don't scan the water and the night. The beacon now pulsates steadily but doesn't rotate. "We had two flashes every 15 seconds," Domenic says, looking up to the top of the building. He is still amazed that it was built in 1856 with blocks of granite so massive it is a wonder how they were lifted. “That lens - what a lens – 350,000 candlepower. Huge. It was a glass prism, and it magnified the light." A seemingly unending spiral staircase winds to the top within the lighthouse. The walls are circular brick, and there is a central pole around which the stairs climb. “That pole,” Domenic says," now has wires going through it to activate the light. But years ago, we had weights down here, and we had to turn those weights. Up above, the big lens sat in a large dish of mercury. And when the light moved, when the lens turned, two beams shot out. What a sight. Those beams along with the big horns, like enormous trumpets, fed by air...you couldn't stand the blast. The buoys would warn us that something was out there, maybe somebody lost, and we had to create the characteristics of the lighthouse. We had to in fact tell them, the lost seafarers, where they were." Each lighthouse was different, each possessed its own personality, a different kind of call, of sound, a different heat of light beams. The color was a characteristic. These unique things were identification marks so that a sailor would know it was Beavertail and not, let's say, the lighthouse on nearby Rose Island. The lighthouse was like a person, each with a different face. Domenic came to them easily, by choice. He was in the Coast Guard during the years 1946 to 1947. He was also in the Navy, in World War II, earlier in 1942. He chose the lighthouse, the one on Rose Island because he was married and was starting a family. He thought it would be a good place for that. After Rose Island, he came to Beavertail. "What was wonderful is that the family was here," he says. “My wife a beautiful woman, oh, she was so beautiful. Do you know men would whistle at her?" He puckers his lips and makes the shape of a whistle. "She died in 1981 of cancer. Then a year later, Lu-Lu died. She was my youngest daughter. She died of heart disease at the age of 15. There are now five sons and five daughters left. Took me a long, long time to get over Lu-Lu. I still cry sometimes." He looks about the grounds, remembers when the wild roses were not there, when there was only one road out, when he always had to have evacuation plans ready, when the great storms came and raised the ocean to the lighthouse and brought down one of the chimneys. "The '38 Hurricane brought back the original lighthouse foundation. Imagine that being exposed. There it is now with a whistle house on it. You hear that horn? Sounds like it's out there in the ocean. It's here at the whistle house. There are so many stories here. Fifty wrecks here, at this place. In Rhode Island there have been as many as 1,200 wrecks recorded, and 50 of those at Beavertail Point." Domenic is not a man who shakes his head at automation. He realizes that a fully automated lighthouse, using a 45,000 candlepower lamp that can be seen for 17 miles is certainly an improvement over the days of using whale oil for the lamps, or even further back in time, an open pitch fire used by the Indians in 1705, but he wonders at all this accuracy. "The oil spill," he says. "Look at that. Here with all our technology, a tanker strikes the rocks." Domenic shakes his head. Inside the museum a small room holds four fish tanks, and one can see a variety of sea life in them — large starfish, sea urchins, spider crabs, large snails. Posters and maps are arranged on the walls. A wooden inshore lobster trap stands next to a metal offshore one, a strong one able to take the currents and the bigger lobsters. A stuffed bass weighing in at 65 pounds and caught on October 22, 1936, is pinned proudly to a wall. The display rooms hold glass cases with old lights from lighthouses, paintings, drawings, records of shipwrecks, a celebration of what is called the Golden Age of lighthouses. A small fireplace stands empty near a mannequin in a chair, an old lighthouse keeper in his uniform. And in a comer hangs a picture of Domenic Turillo as he looked in 1950, high on the cliff, arms akimbo, behind him the inevitable Beavertail Lighthouse. "Once, you couldn't get in here," he says. "There was barbed wire all around. The government owned everything. I'd go down to the edge of the cliffs and fish. Caught a lot of bass here. It was quiet and lonely, peaceful and orderly. You had to be ready every moment for inspections. You never knew when. Those were the days of the white glove inspections. You couldn't touch anything that would soil what you wore, but you know, when the government abandons something it really abandons it, and this lighthouse was nearly lost. Now it belongs to everybody. But, once, in a way, it was mine. I loved it then, and I still love it. This is a place to love." He retired because it was time. The age told him, he says. But he seems ill at ease in retirement. Today, he is a "food and beverage man" at Victoria House restaurant in Providence. "I have to be near the sea," he says. "I was born and raised near the sea. I was born on the waterfront. Raised in Bristol. All the Turillos came from Bristol." And the proof lies in Domenic's hold to the old house at Beavertail Point. He comes here each Thursday to volunteer his services. He spent time fixing it up, painting, and will devote a lot of time, he is sure, to the restoration of the last building, the old fog whistle house where the great hors blasted their position. His daughter Linda Levesque comes to the lighthouse every Wednesday and serves as a guide, for she too possesses the stories, the legends of the lighthouse. She is a lover of the sea, as are all Domenic's children. They were raised near the sea, breathed the salt air, slept at night while their father took turns staying up watching for warning signs, for possible tragedies the old “Devil Sea" can so easily create. Yet, his life here, the happiest times of his life, met the tempest and the trail squarely. Domenic says he went through some pretty rough times, but the best times were here. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dominic Turillo - Echo Newspaper Article Description An account of the resource photo copy of a newspaper article Type The nature or genre of the resource Picture/Photo, Document Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Image Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 11, 1989 https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/1fb99d777aa0278b5b19c742b9d6b386.jpg 645a410d014d6da24bfbc1eaacffa58b Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Storage Location The current storage location in the Archives or Museum Oil House Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Drum Contained Beacon (DCB) 24 Description An account of the resource In 1991, the 4th order Fresnel lens was replaced by a type "DCB 24" (Drum Contained Beacon) rotating Aero Beacon. While originally designed for airport use, it is typical of replacements taking place in lighthouses nationwide. The DCB 24 uses a 1000 watt long life tungsten halogen lamp with the parabolic reflector mirror behind the lamp emitting a 2.5 million candlepower pencil beam. The electric drive motor is mounted below the lamp canister drum and was adjusted to rotate the light to show as a characteristic single flash every 6 seconds. In 2007 it was changed to 9 seconds. The light has two ear-like baffles on either side of the drum to minimize backward reflections off the lantern room glass panels as it rotates. The power to the beacon must be shut down for safety concerns when performing maintenance in the lantern room since the rotating baffles do not allow room for personnel. Beavertail light remains on continually 24 hours a day and as the drum rotates it appears to flash once in coincidence with its rotational speed. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1556 https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/880c5d36ca22c9320c46b1dbc25e4b42.jpg 92977562b4c95df5b303b9b89ceeeb7e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joe Bouchard Model Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 32 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Storage Location The current storage location in the Archives or Museum RI Lighthouses Room Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dutch Island Light model Description An account of the resource Hand built model Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/619d9b66bf33740e304a2b0f9e1082ea.jpg 243ca82bc6895c53bb5af661fc50c429 https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/651790952192581f6053957d51404cb4.png b01ae4bfe682f7451d87be545bcfdcc9 Digital Image a digital image Commentary Comments to enhance and expand the story of this item This artwork portrays a pivotal moment during the American Revolutionary War: the arrival of the French fleet in Narragansett Bay to support the American cause during the **Battle of Rhode Island** in August 1778. Specifically, it depicts the French squadron, commanded by Vice Admiral Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, forcing its way past British coastal batteries and into Newport Harbor. ### Translation of the Text The writing is in 18th-century French. Here is the translation of the main sections: **The Top Banner:** > "Campaign of Vice Admiral Count d’Estaing in America, commanding a squadron of 12 ships of the line and 4 frigates, having left Toulon on April 13, 1778." **The Bottom Title:** > "The Squadron forcing entry into the Bay of Rhode Island under fire from the batteries." **The Descriptive Paragraph:** > "After 9 days of stationing outside of Rhode Island, the squadron enters this bay on August 8 through the channel or the 'Pass of the Sun,' and goes to anchor across from Newport—out of range of the batteries—intending to carry out an attack the next day against this town, in a combined operation with the American troops." --- ### Historical Context The image illustrates the tactical maneuver where d'Estaing’s ships had to run a gauntlet of British cannons positioned on the shores of Conanicut Island (where the Beavertail Lighthouse is located) and Aquidneck Island. In the artwork, you can see: - **The French Ships:** Sailing in a line (the _line of battle_) to concentrate their firepower. - **The Combat:** Small puffs of smoke on the horizon and near the ships indicate the exchange of cannon fire between the fleet and the British land batteries. - **The Objective:** Newport (indicated by the letter 'b' in the key) was the primary British stronghold in the region at the time. This event was a major morale boost for the American revolutionaries, as it marked the first significant naval intervention by their new French allies, though the subsequent land battle and a massive storm eventually forced the French to withdraw to Boston for repairs. Would you like to know more about how the British responded to this arrival, or perhaps more about the specific ships shown in the line? # The British Response The British response to the arrival of Admiral d'Estaing’s fleet was a mixture of strategic panic and a "scorched earth" defensive policy. Because the British were outgunned at sea, they focused on preventing the French from seizing their ships and securing Newport's land defenses. Here is how the response unfolded: ### 1. The Destruction of the British Fleet The British realized they could not win a naval battle against the massive French ships of the line. To prevent their vessels from being captured and used against them, they took drastic measures: - **Scuttling Ships:** They intentionally sank several of their own frigates and smaller vessels in Newport Harbor to create underwater blockades. - **Burning Ships:** Ships like the _HMS Flora_ and _HMS Juno_ were set on fire by their own crews as the French approached to ensure the "prizes" of war were destroyed. ### 2. Strengthening "Butts" and Batteries While the French were forcing the channel (as seen in your image), the British land forces, led by General Robert Pigot, retreated into a heavily fortified "inner line" of defense. - **The Newport Line:** They abandoned the outer parts of the island to concentrate their 6,000 troops around the town of Newport itself. - **Artillery Duels:** British batteries at places like Brenton Point and Goat Island engaged in fierce artillery duels with the passing French ships to inflict as much hull damage as possible. ### 3. Tactical Scarcity (Scorched Earth) To ensure the arriving French and the approaching American land forces (under General John Sullivan) had no resources to rely on, the British systematically stripped the countryside: - **Livestock & Crops:** They seized or destroyed local cattle, sheep, and grain stores. - **Deforestation:** They cut down nearly every tree on the north end of the island to clear lines of sight for their cannons and to provide wood for fortifications. ### 4. The Response at Beavertail During this period of heightened defense, the British became extremely protective of the West Passage. They occupied the **Beavertail Lighthouse** area as a primary lookout point. While the final burning of the lighthouse didn't happen until their total evacuation in 1779, the arrival of the French in 1778 caused the British to militarize the point, turning the lighthouse from a navigational aid into a strategic military outpost to watch for French reinforcements. ### 5. The "Great Storm" Gamble Ultimately, the British were saved not by their own navy, but by nature. As d'Estaing prepared to land troops, a second British fleet under Admiral Lord Howe appeared. Before the two navies could engage in a full-scale battle, a massive hurricane (known historically as the **"Great Storm of 1778"**) hit. - The storm scattered and badly damaged both fleets. - The French were forced to sail to Boston for repairs, effectively ending the immediate threat to the British at Newport and leaving the American land forces without the naval support they were promised. This British "hold out" strategy was successful; they maintained control of Newport for another full year until they voluntarily evacuated in October 1779. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 201 Subject The topic of the resource Fresnel Lens Description An account of the resource <p>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.</p> <p>The lens can be open to allow visitors to see inside.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong> Touching the glass prisms is prohibited</strong></p> <p><strong>Notes on the Fresnel Lens</strong></p> <p>This type of lens was developed in 1823 by a Frenchman named Augustin Fresnel(pronounced frey - NEL).The arrangement of the prisms bends the light rays thus making the beam more intense and visible further out to sea.</p> <p>Typical lenses in use before the Fresnel lens lost nearly 97 % of the light from a flame, and a flame with a reflector behind it still lost about 83 % of its light.The Fresnel lens was able to capture all but about 17 % of its light.At one time all the lighthouses in America were equipped with a Fresnel lens.</p> <p>The size of a Fresnel lens is designated by order: a 1 st order lens is the largest with an average height of about 12 feet.The 6 th order lens is the smallest in height, about 1.5 feet tall. You may want to invite visitors to observe the height of the light from the lens. Then open the door of the lens and show them the lighted bulb. The magnification is due to the optics of the lens.The larger bulb inside the lens(1000 watts) was used in the tower and is too bright to put on display here because of safety reasons. Therefore, a 20 watt bulb is used for demonstration purposes.</p> Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Title A name given to the resource Fresnel Lens Lens Room lensroom Middle of the Room https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/11af1ab1f1b9c022b6d15ea3bd97b395.jpg 039f18a9df82c9785be0d5308f31bcba Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 190 Subject The topic of the resource "Fresnel Lens" Wall Exhibit Description An account of the resource <p><span>This wall panel provides the history of the Fresnel lens and its inventor Agustin Jean Fresnel.</span></p> Type The nature or genre of the resource Wall Display Title A name given to the resource Fresnel Lens Wall Exhibit Lens Room lensroom West Wall https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/bc35c164bc44cd97c147c8bdfc7d4afa.jpg 4f28fdf0fccaa01325a502eec1a43690 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lens Room Collection Description An account of the resource Items currently on display in the Lens Room at the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Current Exhibit A currently in use wall exhibit at the museum that may consist of text, photo(s) and/or other physical objects Storage Location The current storage location in the Archives or Museum Lens Room Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Funck-Heap Lamp Description An account of the resource <p>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 electrified in 1932.</p> <p>The Funck-Heap lamp featured a circular wick flame spreading button in the center, which helped maintain a constant flame size and shape. The wick was fed through a screw thread on the wick-carrying tube.</p> <span>When the Conimicut Light in Warwick was electrified in 1960, the Keeper at Conimicut gave this lamp to a local Doctor. It was passed down to the Doctor’s descendants and finally after a chance meeting between a BLMA Board Member and a member of the Reilly family, was loaned to the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum for use as a museum display.<br />This lamp is solid brass and is 15" tall with a 7"diameter base.</span> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived On Loan to the BLMA by the Reilly Family of Warwick RI and Florida Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 24, 2024 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1326 Lens Room https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/81dc144dcd75a24e12c9974c0be9dd66.jpg dbcbc256cc2aeb5325684c7bcce2df8e https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/ef98bcefd60872d3f63fad14e019872b.jpg b4ce4902e023482698833cf91438b3ae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 187 Subject The topic of the resource "Beavertail" Wall Exhibit Description An account of the resource <p><span>Wall Panel depicting the invention and history of gas lighting in Newport, RI, and at Beavertail Lighthouse.</span></p> Type The nature or genre of the resource Wall Display Title A name given to the resource Gaslight Wall Panel Lens Room lensroom West Wall https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/1b776a830961e82061e41ff2188e0df5.jpg f5d739052fa2d4918e8f905b266e6635 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Storage Location The current storage location in the Archives or Museum Interactive Room Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 275 Title A name given to the resource Governor Carr Stained Glass Artwork Description An account of the resource <p>The stained glass artwork created was in memory of the "Governor Carr" ferry that was active from 1927 until 1958.&nbsp;<br /><br />Artist unknown</p> Type The nature or genre of the resource Wall Display, Picture/Photo Inactive Room Interactive Room South Wall https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/870f33b59c7e85d94962354286b64ab0.jpg 0fb58d22f1747ca5adba77b967b22b47 https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/03f92973f9ad065a54dfe98af70cc8f2.jpg 412eeebe90a9d762a9fa7df0e622e337 https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/231758532f578efb02ee4b3c0f9f9952.jpg b16fc11a5875dc7f210f96ebcf0f7d20 https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/18c67fabddd7b18c808a273e4033968d.jpg bfdf4c34fb14098f81ef321a35c7e38e https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/5588f63b323b6d9041872e17ad56b0d1.png ee2fda870bc45be5e3acf627e4ca6306 https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/0675032df55fd88937ad298f47c45deb.jpg 0cd74954ce872f9e227b11571f038ad8 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Storage Location The current storage location in the Archives or Museum Richard Sullivan Room Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 229 Title A name given to the resource Gull Rocks Lighthouse - Model Description An account of the resource 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 until it was discontinued in 1960. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 315 Title A name given to the resource Halon Fire Extinguisher Description An account of the resource <p>This Halón "1301" system was installed by the Coast Guard to protect the Control Room against electrical fire.</p> <p>Halón systems used gaseous fire extinguishing agents known as "halogenated fluorocarbons" which are a mix of bromine, fluorine, chlorine, and carbon. They protected computer rooms and important electric equipment in many industrial and office environments against very costly fires.</p> <p>If a Coast Guard technician saw a fire in the room he would pull the lever on the opposite wall. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0664 Title A name given to the resource He's preserving nautical past with miniature lighthouses Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Providence Journal-Bulletin Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Robert Dennis (Mary Dennis) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Doreen E. Iudica https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/fd3e08d61ba5094d21c69dcaa7d22bb2.jpg e5050088069b6897228e0097d18efcc9 https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/449ad2410729f92ade0caed50a6e2929.jpg 7bcf36626ad39d9844dc53249bfa84e6 https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/c9aa9a70b70dc57346e68691ec55255f.jpg ac17aaceb3ed0f16309bbe12e294c8b7 https://beavertaillight.org/archives/files/original/a0b83403597a4319578d62cacb24474f.jpg 0fa28de922e7fdb3a2a45e08f9a47ccc Current Exhibit A currently in use wall exhibit at the museum that may consist of text, photo(s) and/or other physical objects Storage Location The current storage location in the Archives or Museum Oil House Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource History of This Oil Storage Building Description An account of the resource Wall exhibit outlining the history of the Oil House. 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Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Storage Location The current storage location in the Archives or Museum Richard Sullivan Room Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 226 Title A name given to the resource Hog Island Lighthouse - Model Description An account of the resource 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. Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Dennis Model East Wall Sullivan Room