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Sassafras Point Light
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| Location | Providence River off Sassafras Point |
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| Coordinates | 41°48′1.55″N 71°23′31.41″W / 41.8004306°N 71.3920583°W[1] |
| Tower | |
| Foundation | granite pier[4] |
| Construction | Wood[4] |
| Height | 14 feet (4.3 m)[3] |
| Shape | hexagonal pyramidal tower[4] |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1872[2] |
| Deactivated | 1912[2] |
| Focal height | 25 feet (7.6 m)[2] |
| Lens | sixth order Fresnel lens[2] |
| Characteristic | F R  |
The Sassafras Point Light was a lighthouse that stood in the Providence, Rhode Island harbor approaches. It was deactivated in 1912 and no longer exists.
- ^ Church, Earl (1920). Triangulation in Rhode Island. Government Printing Office. p. 40. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- ^ a b c d "Sassafras Point Lighthouse". Jeremy D'Entremont. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- ^ "Sassafras Point Lighthouse". R. Holmes. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- ^ a b c Geake, Robert A. (2013). A History of the Providence River. History Press. p. 80. ISBN 9781609499020. Retrieved 2014-01-14.[permanent dead link]
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