Gull Rocks Lighthouse, Newport Harbor, Rhode Island
A-frame style lighthouse built in 1887.
GULL ROCKS LIGHT
Location: ON GULL ROCKS, NORTHERLY ENTRANCE TO NEWPORT HARBOR, NARRAGANSETT BAY
Station Established: 1887
Year Current / Last Tower(s) First Lit: 1928
Operational: No
Automated: 1960
Deactivated: Yes, 1969
Tower Shape / Markings / Pattern: Wedge-shaped wooden building, shingled, natural color, with truncated gable ends. Replaced by a skeleton tower in 1928.
Height: 33-feet
Original lens: Lens lantern
Characteristic: Fixed white (E.1't); Fixed red (W. 1't)
Fog Signal: Bell struck by machinery every 5 seconds