...at the Common Cemetery in Newport RI....
Her Birthplace on Spring Street, Newport, RI...........Our Neighbor...!
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Ida Lewis Light.... In 1853, Congress authorized the construction of a lighthouse on Lime Rock in Newport Harbor. Lime Rock is a limestone ledge
about 220 yds (200 m) from the shore. The original
lighthouse was a short stone tower with a 6th order
Fresnel lens and an oil-burning lantern. The light was commissioned in 1854. In the beginning, the lighthouse
keeper rowed from the shore daily to tend the light. In case of foul weather, the lighthouse keeper could stay
in a small wooden shanty....[Wickipedia]
Ida Lewis Light.... In 1853, Congress authorized the construction of a lighthouse on Lime Rock in Newport Harbor. Lime Rock is a limestone ledgeabout 220 yds (200 m) from the shore. The original
lighthouse was a short stone tower with a 6th order
Fresnel lens and an oil-burning lantern. The light was commissioned in 1854. In the beginning, the lighthouse
keeper rowed from the shore daily to tend the light. In case of foul weather, the lighthouse keeper could stay
in a small wooden shanty....[Wickipedia]
Ida Lewis Lighthouse showing the original lighthouse and lightkeeper's house and the automated, skeleton tower.
Location: Newport Harbor
Year first constructed: 1854
Year first lit: 1854
Automated: 1927
Deactivated: 1927 (Original light)
1963 (Automated light)
Construction: Brick tower attached to lightkeeper's house
Tower shape: Square
Markings/Pattern: White with black lantern
Height: 13 ft (4 m)
Focal Height: 30 ft (9 m)
Original lens: 6th order Fresnel
ARLHS number: USA-398
Ida Lewis Rock Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
so that's who she was
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