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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.
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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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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Lime Rock may refer to a place in the United States: Lime Rock (Salisbury, Connecticut), a neighborhood in the village of Lakeville, Connecticut Lime Rock Park, an auto racetrack; Lime Rock, Rhode Island, a village; Lime Rock Light, a lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island now known as the Ida Lewis Rock Light