Gould Island Lighthouse

Year Built

1889

Cost

$10,000

Type

Conical tower

Height

30 feet

Location

North end of Gould Island

Automated Year

N/A

First Lit

1889

Lens Type

Fifth-order Fresnel lens

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

1947

Color

N/A

Last Keeper - Date

Richard A. Fricke (1944 – 1945)

Description

Deactivated and Replaced with Skeleton Tower in 1947.

Brief History

•  1888, A site for this light-station was selected and surveyed, the price to be paid was agreed upon, and plans and specifications for the tower and dwelling were prepared.
•  1894, A boathouse, boat cradle, and boatways were built, and various repairs were made.
•  1947, The Gould Island Lighthouse was discontinued on March 17, 1947 and was replaced by an automated light on a skeletal tower and an automatic fog horn.
•  The Coast Guard yesterday said by December 1 1973, it will discontinue the fog signal at Gould Island in the East Passage of lower Narragansett Bay.
•  1988, After its foundation failed, the skeletal tower toppled over on October 24, 1988, and the light was not replaced.