Beavertail Lighthouse

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Beavertail Lighthouse

Beavertail Lighthouse stands at the southern tip of Conanicut Island in Jamestown, Rhode Island, within Beavertail State Park, marking the entrance to Narragansett Bay. The granite tower dates to 1856, but the site is older: a 1749 wooden tower here was the third lighthouse in the American colonies. Inside the former assistant keeper's house, the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum traces the evolution of beacon technology from oil lamps to modern optics. The original 1749 foundation, capped with a compass rose, sits nearby amid dramatic rocky shoreline.

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