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Gull Rocks Light
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LocationNarragansett Bay near Newport, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°30′8.5″N 71°19′59″W / 41.502361°N 71.33306°W / 41.502361; -71.33306
Tower
ConstructionWood frame
Automated1960
Height33 feet (10 m)
ShapeA-frame house with skeleton tower added in 1928
Light
First lit1887
Deactivated1969
Lenstwo lens lanterns

The Gull Rocks Light was a lighthouse at the entrance to Newport harbor northwest of Rose Island. A unique A-frame structure, it was supplemented with a skeleton tower in 1928.

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