163 Ft - Mohegan Bluffs Sign - New Shoreham, RI
Posted by: NorStar
N 41° 09.250 W 071° 33.180
19T E 285780 N 4559013
163 is a typical elevation from the top of Mohegan Bluffs to the ocean below a couple hundred feet away.
Waymark Code: WMX239
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 11/15/2017
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In New Shoreham, along Spring Street, is a historical marker for Mohegan Bluff, which has an elevation of 163 ft etched in the text.
The marker is along the road where the road curves from East-West to a more northerly direction and is by the entrance to the Southeast Lighthouse.
The marker is about 3 ft tall and has the following text:
"[Block Island Historical Society Logo]
Mohegan Bluffs
Elevation 163 Ft
1590 A war party of 40 Mohegan Indians
was driven over these bluffs by
Block Island Indians - the Manisseans
Along this shore many
vessels were wrecked
S Ann Hope - S. S. Leyden
Mars - Spartan
John Davis - Munago
S.S. Meteor - Lightburne
Luckenbach - Sch. Pocahontas
Palmetto - Jacob Winslow
Nero - J.T. Martin
Essex - Barge Texas
Etc."
Location: On the side of the road near the entrance to Southeast Lighthouse
Posted Elevation: 163 ft
GPSR Elevation: 174 ft
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