Pomham Rocks Light

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History

The light was established in 1871. The light was one of a group of New England lighthouses built to the same plan after an award-winning design by Vermont architect Albert Dow.[4] Nearly identical lights were constructed at Sabin Point, Rose Island, Esopus Meadows Light and Colchester Reef.

The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1974, and its antique fourth-order fresnel lens donated to the Custom House Maritime Museum in Massachusetts.[1] The lighthouse was sold to a private family in 1974. In 1980 it was acquired by ExxonMobil, which operates a fuel terminal nearby.[1][5] In 2010, ExxonMobil donated the building and island to the American Lighthouse Foundation, the parent organization of the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse.[1]

Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse

The Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse was formed in 2004.[1] In 2006, the group restored the exterior and installed a new LED navigational light.[5][1]

When the group acquired ownership of the lighthouse from ExxonMobil in 2010, the floor was completely rotted and the tower was leaning 7 degrees off center.[1] The stairs were crooked, and the tower would sway in the wind.[1] The Friends raised over $1.5 million to restore the building.[1] The group installed a new floor, restored electricity to the island, and acquired a dedicated boat, among other repairs.[5]

In 2021, the original 2.5-foot tall fourth-order fresnel lens was restored and returned to the lighthouse, in time to mark the light's 150th anniversary.[1] The lens is displayed inside the lighthouse building for visitors.[1]

List of keepers

  1. C.H. Salisbury (1871 – 1893)
  2. Mary A. Salisbury (1893)
  3. Nathaniel Dodge (1893 – 1898)
  4. Thomas S. Fishburne (1898 – 1908)
  5. Adolf H. Aronson (1908 – 1937)
  6. William James Howard (1937 – 1951)
  7. Howard B. Beebe (1951 – 1956)
  8. Unknown (1956-1971)
  9. Dennis Tardiff (1971 – 1974)

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See also

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References

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