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Avery Point
Lighthouse - APLS
Helping to Relight History

Lit May 2, 1944
Extinguished June 25, 1967
Relighting October 15, 2006 |
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This is the first of 4 albums with images from a full day of
lighthousing in Rhode Island from land, sea and air. Thanks to Jeremy
D'Entremont for arranging the helicopter and boat tours. This album
includes the following lighthouse locations: Beavertail,Whale Rock,
Sakonnet, Goat Island, Rose Island, Lime Rock, Castle Hill, Point
Judith, Dutch Island, Plum Beach, Poplar Point, Conimicut, Nayatt Point,
and Pomham Rocks. The Tall Ships were in Newport Harbor this day and you
will see several glimpses of them as well.
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Beavertail lighthouse |

Beavertail lighthouse station |

Whale Rock (left of center) where a lighthouse was washed away in 1938
Hurricane |

Fisherman tries his luck off the rocky shore at Beavertail |

Rocky coastline |

Fences and shadows |
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Beavertail with original tower foundation in foreground |
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Approaching wave |

Crashing wave |
Link to page two
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