Castle Hill Lighthouse (workbook)
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| Perched on a rocky ledge
at the mouth of Narragansett Bay's East Passage, Castle Hill Lighthouse has
guided ships into Newport Harbor since 1890.
The 34-foot conical tower is built of heavily rusticated granite blocks in the Richardson Romanesque style — unusual for a lighthouse. That rough, rugged stonework — visible in the cornerstone dated 1890 and the tower's deep-set windows — was meant to blend with the cliff itself. The stone arm near the top of the lighthouse is a fog bell bracket. Originally a large fog bell — about 1,300 pounds — was mounted on a stone bracket projecting from the tower. The bell was replaced with an electric fog horn mounted on the deck at the top. The light survived the 1938 hurricane without serious damage, and was automated in 1957. It remains an active Coast Guard aid to navigation today, still standing watch over the East Passage more than 135 years after it was lit. |
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 Used to Photoshop the light working. |
 Best Claude could do 2026. See top for Photoshop version from 2002 |
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 Using low resolution due to storage limits on floppy. |