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American Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 565
Rockland,
Maine 04841
Phone: 207-594-4174
Fax: 207-596-1091
info@lighthousefoundation.org
The American Lighthouse Foundation is a
Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization dedicated to the
preservation of America's historic
lighthouses & lightships and
their heritage.
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ALF Starts Fundraising For Abandoned Dutch
Island Lighthouse
By Timothy Harrison
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The American
Lighthouse Foundation has stepped forward again to lead the fight to
save a nearly forgotten New England Lighthouse. Located near Jamestown,
Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay the small neglected Dutch Island
Lighthouse is in near ruins, but members of the American Lighthouse
Foundation think they will be able to save it.
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Photo Courtesy Lighthouse Digest
Dutch Island Lighthouse, Rhode Island as
it once appeared. All that remains
today
is the tower and the oil house, both of
which are in ruins.
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Not much remains of the Dutch Island Light Station, which was built in 1926
and automated way back in 1947. Shortly after automation, the keeper’s
house, which was once lived in by a keeper who was a |
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Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont
All that remains of the Dutch Island
Lighthouse in Rhode Island. It was only several years ago that the roof
was still on
the oil house. The American Lighthouse
Foundation is now raising funds to save
this lighthouse.
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Revolutionary War veteran, was torn down.
In 1962, the Coast Guard deeded the lighthouse grounds,
with the exception of the tower and an easement, to the State of Rhode
Island for use as a wildlife sanctuary. In 1979 vandals were successful
in severely damaging the light in the tower beyond repair and it was
never relit.
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is now being
organized to begin fund raising to restore this light of yesteryear. If you
would like to join the Dutch Island Chapter of ALF or send a donation for
its restoration contact:
American Lighthouse Foundation
Dutch Island Fund
P.O. Box 889, Wells, Maine 04090
or by email at
info@lighthousefoundation.org
This story appeared in the June 2000 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine.
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