Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Great Salt Pond ...

01/11/05 3:17 PM

1-800-758-1444

Name: Great Salt Pond Breakwater Inner Beacon

Nearest Town or City:
New Shoreham, Rhode Island, United States

Location: Shore end of Great Salt Pond Breakwater, Block Island.

Tower Height: 28

Height of Focal Plane: 25

Characteristic and Range: Fixed white.

Description of Tower: 1898: Lantern on post; 1933 (?): Red square tower.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1898

Date Deactivated: ?

Fog Signal: Siren, continous blast.

Current Use: Destroyed.

Keepers: Keepers also tended Block Island Breakwater (Old Harbor) lights. Urich B. Dodge (1881-1907), Elmer H. Day (1907), Everett Yates (1907), Everett A. Hoxsie (1907-1919), Ezra Dunn (1919-1929), Earl A. Rose (1929-1941), Jonas T. Haglove (1941-?)