B & ACapture Date: Apr 19, 2014 06:40 PM•Views: 27No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Georgia playing with Tom's new Galaxy S5Capture Date: Apr 19, 2014 06:41 PM•Views: 26No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Lovebirds in their cool new nestCapture Date: Apr 19, 2014 07:41 PM•Views: 26No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Rockin'down!Capture Date: Apr 19, 2014 07:41 PM•Views: 26No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Part of the Wes Anderson film Moonrise Kingdom was shot here, on the Jamestown coast.Capture Date: Apr 20, 2014 11:31 AM•Views: 26No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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View towards North Kingston from Beavertail State Park, Jamestown, RI.Capture Date: Apr 20, 2014 11:56 AM•Views: 25No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Beavertail Lighthouse, Jamestown, RI
Beavertail Lighthouse, built in 1749, was and still is the premier lighthouse in Rhode Island, USA, especially for entrance into Narragansett Bay. The 45-foot (14 m) lighthouse lies on the southernmost point of Conanicut Island in the town of Jamestown, Rhode Island in Beavertail State Park. The light has been reconstructed multiple times since its erection, most recently after the Hurricane of 1938. Restoration projects have come and gone since. The light provides navigation for boats and ships entering Narragansett Bay in the East Passage between Conanicut Island and Newport, Rhode Island on Aquidneck Island. Other lighthouses, such as Castle Hill Lighthouse, Point Judith Light, and Rose Island Light are visible from Beavertail Lighthouse.Its white light rotates counterclockwise and makes a full rotation in about six or seven seconds. The light is on 24 hours per day, unlike many lighthouses that are near it. It has a loud foghorn that blasts about every 30 seconds during the fog.
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Beavertail Lighthouse, JamestownCapture Date: Apr 20, 2014 11:57 AM•Views: 30No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Beavertail State Park's rocky coastlineCapture Date: Apr 20, 2014 11:57 AM•Views: 25No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Easter Sunday. Beavertail State Park. He is Risen!Capture Date: Apr 20, 2014 11:57 AM•Views: 25No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Beavertail Lighthouse, Jamestown
Prior to the establishment of a lighthouse at Beavertail, local Native Americans would keep pitch fires burning, to warn sailors away from the rocky coastline. In 1749, a wooden tower was built, and the light (which was then known as "Newport Light") became the third lighthouse established in the colonies, preceded only by Boston Light in Boston Harbor, and Brant Point Light, Nantucket. A fire was lit at the top of the tower, as was common for the time. Four years later it burned down and was replaced by a stone tower.In 1779, as British sailors retreating from Newport near the end of the American Revolutionary War, they left a trail of destruction behind them. This included burning the lighthouse and removing the optics, which left the light dark for the rest of the war. In 1856, the tower was again replaced with what is now the current tower, made of granite which is 10 ft square, and 64 feet from ground to beacon.
Capture Date: Apr 20, 2014 11:58 AM•Views: 25
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Beavertail Lighthouse, Jamestown
In 1939, the US Coast Guard took command of all lighthouses and navigational aids, and in 1989 Beavertail light was automated, as part of a program by the Coast Guard, which ended the job the keeper at all stations except for Boston Light, which to this day, remains the only manned lighthouse in America. In 1989, following a joint effort by the US Coast Guard, Rhode Island Parks Management, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, and the town of Jamestown, the building was restored and reopened to the public. In 1993, Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association (BLMA) was established to oversee the operations of the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum, which is located in the assistant keeper's house. The museum includes a Fresnel lens, and the history of, models and photos of many Rhode Island lighthouses
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Part of the family unit at the point of Beavertail State ParkCapture Date: Apr 20, 2014 12:02 PM•Views: 26No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Elements of the family unit at Beavertail LighthouseCapture Date: Apr 20, 2014 12:03 PM•Views: 25No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Beavertail LighthouseCapture Date: Apr 20, 2014 12:03 PM•Views: 25No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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