If you search my blog for "Rhode Island" and "lighthouse", you'll find a few Lighthouses of the Week. Given the size of the state (it's not big), there can't be that many, right? But it is on the coast, and it does have a big bay, and it has several harbors.
This lighthouse is semi-officially the Newport Harbor lighthouse, but it goes by the somewhat ignominious moniker of the Goat Island lighthouse. Let's find out where it is (sometimes people have to be reminded where Rhode Island is, east of Connecticut.)
As I was looking up the location, I discovered there is also a Goat Island lighthouse in Kennebunkport, Maine. Maybe I'll do that one next week.
Back to Rhode Island, here's some info from the Lighthouse Directory:
"1842 (station established 1823). Active; focal plane 33 ft (10 m); continuous green light. 35 ft (10.5 m) octagonal granite tower with lantern and gallery, 250 mm lens. The keeper's house was demolished in 1923 after being damaged when a submarine ran aground on the island. [I bet that's a unique aspect of this one.] A 5th order Fresnel lens is on display at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport, Long Island. ... . Located on the northern tip of Goat Island in Newport Harbor; the island is accessible by a bridge from RI 238 in downtown Newport and the lighthouse is accessible by walking through the hotel lobby. [That might be unique, too.]
Lighthouse Friends (with more history): Newport Harbort (Goat Island), RI
Now consider the pictures. I acquired one from Lighthouse Friends that shows the lighthouse keeper's house that got hit by the submarine. I wish there was a picture of that.
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