Conimicut Light

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Conimicut Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Warwick, Rhode Island
Coordinates:	41°43′1″N 71°20′45″W / 41.71694, -71.34583Coordinates: 41°43′1″N 71°20′45″W / 41.71694, -71.34583
Built/Founded:	1883
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style(s):	Other
Added to NRHP:	March 30, 1988
NRHP Reference#:	88000269 [1]
MPS:	Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR
Governing body:	COAST GUARD

Conimicut Light (Lighthouse), built in 1883, is an historic lighthouse in Warwick, Rhode Island .

The lighthouse was built in 1883 using pneumatic caisson engineering. The light replaced an earlier 1868 light. Conimicut Lighthouse was automated in the 1960s and was one of the last acetylene gas powered lights to switch to electricity. The City of Warwick acquired the light in 2004. The lighthouse is now listed on the National Historic Register.

[edit] References and links

• Lighthouse pics and info
• America’s Atlantic Coast Lighthouses, Kenneth Kochel, 1996
• Northeast Lights: Lighthouses and Lightships, Rhode Island to Cape May, New Jersey, Robert Bachand, 1989.

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