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Keeper and Son Battle Ice Floes at Conimicut Shoal Lighthouse

Keeper Horace Arnold and His Son Battle Ice Floes Smashing Into Conimicut Shoal Light, in Rhode Island In 1868, the granite tower Conimicut Shoal Lighthouse was built at the entrance to the Providence River, which empties into Narragansett Bay, about … Continue reading

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