Hog Island Shoal Light

Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse
Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse as seen from Bristol
Location: Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Built: 1901
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style: Other
Governing body: COAST GUARD
MPS: Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR
NRHP Reference#:

88000282

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Added to NRHP: March 30, 1988

Hog Island Shoal Light, built in 1901, is a sparkplug lighthouse on a shoal off of Hog Island, Rhode Island.

It was built to replace an automated light ship. The lighthouse was automated in 1963. In 1988 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In 2006 the lighthouse was auctioned by the GSA as government surplus to a private buyer.

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U.S. Coast Guard photo 

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