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Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, Rhode Island

As maritime traffic increased in Narragansett Bay and the Providence River during the 19th century the government sought ways to mark the waterways and provide safe passage for people and cargo. To assist shipping to and from the port of Providence in July 1870 Congress appropriated $20,000 to build small lights at Sassafras Point and Fuller Rock and a full lighthouse station on Pomham Rocks. 
Pomham Rocks is a large rock 250 yards off the eastern shore of the Providence River near East Providence, Rhode Island. A daymark had been placed on Pomham Rocks as early as the 1820’s.


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