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Ida Lewis Lighthouse, which was formerly the Lime Rock Lighthouse, is in the Newport harbor in Rhode Island. It is named after Ida Lewis, who lived and worked at the lighthouse from 1857 and was the official lighthouse keeper from 1879 until her death in 1911. She was celebrated for many acts of bravery in saving lives.
Ida Lewis was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the second oldest of four children of Captain Hosea Lewis of the Revenue-Marine.Her father was transferred to the Lighthouse Service and appointed keeper of Lime Rock Light on the small near-island Lime Rock in Newport in 1854, taking his family to live on the rock in 1857. [4]
Lime Rock Island with Ida Lewis Yacht Club and Newport, Rhode Island in the background. Lime Rock is an island located 600 feet offshore in Newport Harbor, in Narragansett Bay, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It was made famous by Ida Lewis, the lighthouse keeper of the tower built on it in 1854 which is now known as Ida Lewis Rock Light. [1]
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The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1749 [1] and the last in 1962 (ignoring automated towers erected later); ... Ida Lewis Rock Light: Newport
On Lime Rock in Newport Harbor off Wellington Ave. 41°28′40″N 71°19′35″W / 41.477778°N 71.326389°W / 41.477778; -71.326389 ( Ida Lewis Rock Lighthouse Newport
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