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Notes:
This lighthouse was was virtually a twin of the light at Sassafras Point about a mile away on the other side of the river. A single keeper was assigned to both lights. New acetylene tanks were being installed at Fuller Rock in February 1923, when a tank exploded, injuring five workers and completely destroying the light. A skeleton tower was soon erected in its place. Tower Height: 17 Height of Focal Plane: 28 Characteristic and Range: Originally fixed red, visible for 7.5 nautical miles; by 1918 it had changed to Occulting red 2 seconds (flash 1s, eclipse 1s), visible for 5 nautical miles. Description of Tower: White, hexagonal wooden tower with a black lantern, on a granite foundation
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1872 Date Deactivated: 1923 Optics: 1872: Sixth order Fresnel lens. Current Use: Destroyed. Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse! Keepers: Lorenzo Clarke (1872-1873); Samuel Heard (1873-1882), Edward Hoxsie (1882), William Dunwell (1882-1886); Patrick Fitzpatrick (1886), John Mullen (1886-1911)
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