Conimicut Lighthouse

Year Built

1883

Cost

$15,000

Type

Caisson

Height

58 feet

Location

Warwick

Automated Year

1966

First Lit

1883

Lens Type

Fourth order Fresnel Lens

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

Active

Color

White w/black lantern

Last Keeper - Date

Russell R. Barnhart (1961 – 1965)

Description

The lighthouse is not open to the public.

Brief History

•  The first lighthouse at Conimicut Point Shoal was established in 1868, when a lantern room and a fourth-order Fresnel lens were placed atop a granite tower.
•  The first Conimicut Lighthouse, which was “in a very leaky condition” and “greatly out of repair” was torn down in 1883, and the present cast-iron caisson lighthouse was completed.
•  The City of Warwick acquired Conimicut Lighthouse in 2004, under provisions of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.
•  Conimicut was one of the last lighthouses in the United States to convert its light from incandescent oil vapor to electricity.
•  In 2022, the City of Warwick was awarded a $775,000 federal Community Project Funding grant that will be used for repairs.