Plum Beach Lighthouse

Plum Beach Light, built in 1899, is a sparkplug lighthouse in . The lighthouse was built using pneumatic caisson engineering.
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Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Rhode Island, United States
  • Also known as: “Plum Beach Light”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge and Willett Free Library.

Bridge
Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.
The is a concrete box girder highway bridge which spans the West Passage of in . It is part of Rhode Island Route 138 and is on the route to for traffic heading northbound from Interstate 95. is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Plum Beach Lighthouse.

Library
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is situated 2 miles southwest of Plum Beach Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saunderstown and Jamestown.

Village
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is a small village and historic district spread across the four towns of , , and , United States. is situated 2 miles southwest of Plum Beach Lighthouse.

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is a village on Conanicut Island, a small parcel of land that connects mainland Rhode Island to Aquidneck Island in Bay. is 25 miles south of and offers plenty of shopping, dining and recreation.

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is in Washington County, in the United States of America. It has 30 mi of coastline on Narragansett Bay and covers almost 58 sq mi.

Plum Beach Lighthouse

Latitude
41.53027° or 41° 31′ 49″ north
Longitude
-71.40525° or 71° 24′ 19″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87HCGHJV+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1580008275
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
5224030
Wiki­data ID
Q7205303
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In Other Languages

From French to Russian—“Plum Beach Lighthouse” goes by many names.

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