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Posted on March 25, 2008 | Category: History, Photography, Places
The Warwick Neck Lighthouse is located at the bottom of Warwick Neck. The lighthouse has played a pivotal role in directing ships through the upper parts of Narragansett Bay to and from Providence. The current lighthouse is run by the Coast Guard under the Department of Homeland Security.
Interestingly, prior to 2003 the Coast Guard was under the Department of Transportation, and before 1967 they were under the Department of the Treasury. However, with the increased security concerns after 9/11 they were moved to the newly formed Department of Homeland Security. The Coast Guard Dates back to 1915, although they have had several name changes and reorganizations until 1947; when they were officially named the Coast Guard.
Anyhow, the site of the current Warwick Neck Light has had some sort of lighthouse back as far as colonial times, when ferries would travel from Warwick Neck to Prudence Island. Warwick Neck is a peninsula directly across the bay from Patience Island which resides just West of Prudence in a kind of cove like area. The first structure was built in 1827, and the current lighthouse (pictured above) was built in June of 1932; however, the 51 foot lighthouse had to be moved back 75 feet after the hurricane of 1938.
During the prohibition period the lighthouse keepers had an unofficial duty to look out for bootleggers, and today they have the unofficial duty of looking out for drunken people. As I witnessed a person who was likely drunk crying out that he did not know where he was while I was photographing the lighthouse. Although, it is possible the person may not have been drunk, I cannot think of a lot of other reasons why he was wandering around, lost and disoriented, in the evening.
The lighthouse is located at Latitude/Longitude: 41º 40′ 0.32″ N 71º 22′ 41.43″ W
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