Outer Red Light, Nav. Light - LW3141 - New Shoreham, RI
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar
N 41° 10.516 W 071° 33.338
19T E 285628 N 4561362
The navigation light is at the end of a jetty enveloping the west side of the Old Harbor port.
Waymark Code: WMX3RX
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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In New Shoreham, at the entrance to the harbor of Old Harbor, is a navigation light that is listed in the National Geodetic Survey database.

The range light is at the end of the north jetty that envelops the west side of the harbor.

The NGS dataheet has the following text:

"STATION RECOVERY (2003)

RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 2003 (RLS)
THIS STATION IS THE RED NAVIGATION AID AT THE END OF THE WEST
BREAKWATER AT THE ENTRANCE TO OLD HARBOR."

The mark is in good condition.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)

Monumentation type (if other): Navigation Light

County: New Shoreham, Washington County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): New Shoreham, RI

Special category (optional): Not listed

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: LW3141

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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