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Rose Island Light, a lighthouse in Narragansett Bay at Newport, Rhode Island, was built in 1870 atop the bastion of Fort Hamilton, a fortification from 1798–1800. Designed by Vermont architect Albert Dow, it belongs to a distinctive New England lighthouse style shared with several regional lights. It stopped operating in 1970 after the nearby Newport Bridge was built and fell into disrepair by the 1980s. A foundation formed in 1984 restored it for the City of Newport. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and relit in 1992, it is now preserved as both a historic site and an overnight destination reached only by boat.
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Newport, Rhode Island · United States
