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Video about Beavertail during WWII

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…

Linda Levesque also grew up at Beavertail, one of eleven children. Her father, Domenic Turillo, was keeper there in the 1950s and 1960s. One thing my mother didn't like very much was the inspections the Coast Guard had. My father would go bananas.…

During the Civil War. Peter Lee applied to become keeper in order to free a younger man to enlist in the Union Army. His daughter Ella was nine at the time, the third of six children. In later years Ella liked to tell stories of those days to her…

This model as well as many others were created by Robert I. Dennis, who was originally a docent at Beavertail Lighthouse Museum.

This model of the Beavertail Lighthouse depicts how it may have appeared between 1749 to 1754. However, we now know that this model is incorrect. The original lighthouse was octagonal, not circular.

A wall display listing all the Keepers and Assistant Keepers of the Beavertail Light Station and their years of service from 1749 through 1972

Jean Napier remembers Block Island's Southeast light as the place where her great-grandfather. Henry Clark. and grandfather, Willett Clark, were the first and second keepers. They tended the light from 1875 until 1932 "Grandfather would go out…

Bob Dennis Photo
Dated on back October 1994

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.

Model

This model ship was of the Lightship Brenton LV102, which was stationed off Brenton Reef and was active from 1935 until 1962. The Brenton Lightship model was created by Varjouran Karentz in 2018.

Wooden Plaque reading:"Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team" located in Bristol, RI is responsible for maintaining the Active Light and Fog Signal here at Beavertail.ANT Bristol also serves other Navigation Aids in the Southeastern New England Sector.

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.

This "12 Volt Lamp Charger" is used as a solar charger for "failed" lamps The wire springs at each corner of the solar panels keep the sea birds from landing on the solar panels and defecating, thereby limiting the solar charging of the…

The candlestick telephone was common in use from the late 1890's to the 1940's. The telephone features a mouthpiece (transmitter) mounted at the top of the stand and a receiver (earphone) that was held to the ear by the user during a call. When the…

Hand made light house model made by Joe Bouchard

This lighthouse was built in 1890, standing at 40ft tall with a flashing red character. It is located at 41 degrees North and 71 degrees West on West side of Castle Hill with a bell for its fog signal.