Pomham Rocks Light East Providence, RI

The lighthouse on Pomham Rocks was finished in 1871, 800 feet from the East Providence shore, and named after
a Narragansett Indian chief killed in King Phillip's War in 1676.  The eight-room wooden dwelling included a parlor
with a piano and a large library hall.  There was no running water when the lighthouse was built, and a large cistern
collected rainwater for the use of the keeper.  Power was supplied by a windmill until electricity was finally installed
in the 1950's.  The lighthouse went dark in 1974 and was replaced by an automatic light on a skeleton tower.  In 1980
the property was sold for $40,100 to  Mobil Oil, which continues to maintain the building.