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Whale Rock Light was a sparkplug lighthouse marking Whale Rock a dangerous island in the entrance to the West Passage into Narragansett Bay.The lighthouse was built on the rock in 1882 but the Hurricane of 1938 destroyed it killing the keeper. Part of the lighthouse foundation remains and the remains of the lighthouse are underwater nearby. The rock is now marked by Whale Rock Lighted Gong Buoy 3.

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