Pomham Rocks Light

Pomham Rocks Light (also known as "Pomham Lighthouse") is a historic lighthouse in the Providence River about 200 yards (180 m) off the shoreline of the Riverside neighborhood of the city of East Providence, Rhode Island.

Pomham Rocks Light

Pomham Rocks Light in 2007, viewed from a boat.
Location	Riverside Rd., East Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°46′39.062″N 71°22′10.394″W
Year first constructed	1871
Year first lit	1871
Automated	1974
Deactivated	1974-2006
Foundation	Stone
Construction	Wood
Tower shape	Octagonal on square house
Markings / pattern	White with black lantern and red roof on house
Tower height	12 metre
Focal height	67 feet (20 m)
Original lens	6th order Fresnel lens
Current lens	9.8 inches (250 mm)
Range	6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi)
Characteristic	Fixed Red
Fog signal	none
Admiralty number	J0602
ARLHS number	USA-643
USCG number	1-18555 [1] [2] [3]
Heritage	place listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Pomham Rocks Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
MPS	Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR (AD)
NRHP reference No.	79000001 [4]
Added to NRHP	July 09, 1979

The light was established in 1871. The light was one of a group of New England lighthouses built to the same plan after an award-winning design by a Vermont architect. Nearly identical lights were constructed at Sabin Point, Rose Island, Esopus Meadows Light and Colchester Reef. It was deactivated in 1974, but relighted on July 30, 2006. The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Pomham Rocks Light Station on July 9, 1979. In the 1970s the light was sold to The American Lighthouse Foundation, and is today managed by the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse.

List of keepers

1. C.H. Salisbury (1871 – 1893)
2. Mary A. Salisbury (1893)
3. Nathaniel Dodge (1893 – 1898)
4. Thomas S. Fishburne (1898 – 1908)
5. Adolf H. Aronson (1908 – 1937)
6. William James Howard (1937 – 1951)
7. Howard B. Beebe (1951 – 1956)
8. Unknown (1956-1971)
9. Dennis Tardiff (1971 – 1974)

• 
  Pomham Rocks Lighthouse on March 23, 2018
• 
  Viewed from the air
• 
  Pomham Rocks Light in 2008 with sewage treatment plant in foreground
• 
  1905 postcard

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island

References

1. Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 169.
2. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Rhode Island". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
3. Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-08). "Lighthouses of Rhode Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.