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The oldest lighthouse in RI is over 200 years old. Here's where it is
Beavertail Lighthouse is not only the oldest lighthouse in Rhode Island, but also the third oldest in the country. Here's what to know about the lighthouse's history. According to the lighthouse's ...
The Providence Journal15d
Are any RI federal buildings on the proposed closure list? What we know.
In Rhode Island, and New England, that often means offloading lighthouses under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000. Some recent lighthouses that have been or are in the ...
PBS6y
LEGENDARY LIGHTHOUSES Premieres on PBS
Ocracoke Lighthouse, located in the harbor that was once home to the infamous pirate Blackbeard; and Rhode Island’s Lime Rock Lighthouse, home to Ida Lewis, who became one of the most famous ...
NorthJersey.com15d
Ladies who kept lights burning: women lighthouse keepers celebrated at Englewood Library
Ida Lewis, a lighthouse keeper in Rhode Island, won national recognition for her life-saving rescues. Ladies bearing light. It's a familiar image — whether it's Florence Nightingale and her lamp ...