Beavertail Lighthouse, Jamestown, Rhode Island #1
by Dawna Moore Photography
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Beavertail Lighthouse, Jamestown, Rhode Island #1
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Dawna Moore Photography
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Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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Beavertail Lighthouse was used repeatedly to conduct experiments with new fog signals and lighting equipment. In 1817, a local inventor named David Melville tried out a new coal gas process. The gas was generated by burning a mixture of coal and tree resin and piped through copper tubing to a chandelier in the lantern room. The cheaply produced gas resulted in a brighter and cleaner light, but lobbying pressure from the companies that sold whale oil (which was the standard fuel for lighthouse beacons at that time) brought an abrupt end to Melville’s work less than a year after it began. lighthousefriends)
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December 11th, 2017
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