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United States historic place


Conimicut Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Conimicut Light in ca. 1905
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Location	Warwick, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°43′1″N 71°20′45″W / 41.71694°N 71.34583°W / 41.71694; -71.34583
Built	1883
MPS	Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR
NRHP reference No.	88000269
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1988

Conimicut Light, built in 1883, is a historic sparkplug lighthouse in Warwick, Rhode Island. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The lighthouse is said to be in "relatively good condition."

The lighthouse was built in 1883 using pneumatic caisson engineering. The light replaced an earlier 1868 light. Conimicut Lighthouse was automated in the 1960s and was one of the last acetylene gas powered lights to switch to electricity. The City of Warwick acquired the light in 2004. Initially the city planned to restore the lighthouse, but a federal grant for this purpose failed to come through. Subsequently, the city is considering various plans, including leasing it to a tourism company to be converted into a bed-and-breakfast inn.

This location marks the mouth of the Providence River as it empties into Narragansett Bay.

Notes

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
Polichetti, Barbara (2 June 2014). "Plan to turn Conimicut Point Lighthouse into B&B put on hold". Providence Journal. pp. A7. Retrieved 2 June 2014. It is still in relatively good condition.
Polichetti, Barbara (2 June 2014). "Plan to turn Conimicut Point Lighthouse into B&B put on hold". Providence Journal. pp. A7. Retrieved 2 June 2014. A proposal to lease the Conimicut Point Lighthouse to a private company that would restore it and open it as an inn has been put on hold.

References and links

Lighthouse pics and info
Conimicut Lighthouse Plans and Maps 1864 - 1938
America's Atlantic Coast Lighthouses, Kenneth Kochel, 1996
Northeast Lights: Lighthouses and Lightships, Rhode Island to Cape May, New Jersey, Robert Bachand, 1989.

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