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did not utterly destroy the lighthouse, the damage was severe. One of the end walls was totally stove in, and the stairs to the second floor were destroyed. Nonetheless, the keeper, Andrew Zuius, was able to take refuge upstairs and even kept the light burning through the storm. He continued to tend
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at the southwest tip of the shoal. Complaints about the adequacy of this grew as shipping increased, and in 1872 built a small pier at the site and set a portable beacon on it, maintained by the keepers of the
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and the house was demolished. A modern steel tower was placed on the remains of the pier, and it remains in operation to the present.
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the light into the following year, while living on shore; but in 1939 he was transferred to the
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and was replaced the following year by an automated light on a steel tower.
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Transportation buildings and structures in Providence County, Rhode Island
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from Bullock's Point, and in 1860 the Lighthouse Board set a
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Bullock's Point Lighthouse Plans and Maps 1864 - 1875
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Providence River
Coordinates
41°44′15.72″N 71°21′51.12″W / 41.7377000°N 71.3642000°W / 41.7377000; -71.3642000
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Fresnel lens
Characteristic
lighthouse
Providence River
hurricane of 1938
Providence River
daymark
Sabin Point Light
Hurricane of 1938
Palmer Island Light
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Rhode Island"
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"Bullock's Point Light: History"
"Rhode Island Lighthouse History: Bullock Point Light"
Bullock's Point Lighthouse Plans and Maps 1864 - 1875
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Lighthouses
Rhode Island
List of lighthouses in the United States
Beavertail
Block Island North
Block Island Southeast

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