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Castle Hill Lighthouse Newport, Rhode Island Castle Hill Lighthouse is from an original watercolor painting on a nautical chart by William B. MacGregor Jr., who is known in the New England area as the Junkyard Artist. Castle Hill Lighthouse is a navigational aid for ship traffic between Newport & Providence via the East Passage of Narragansett Bay & is located at the end of the historic Ocean Drive in Newport. Castle Hill Lighthouse was built in 1890 handsomely right into a cliff face. The keeper's house was built, & still stands, near Castle Hill Cove, a few hundred feet away. The tower stands about 34 feet high & currently shows a red light every 30 seconds. Just two days before Germany's surrender, the lighthouse keeper witnessed the torpedoing of the SS Black Point, which was the last U-Boat victim of WW2. The good news is the German U-Boat U-853 was depth charged & sunk. Although, the lighthouse is not open to the public, the shoreline & cliff face where the lighthouse sits are accessible by several footpaths from the Castle Hill Inn & the Castle Hill Cove Marina. Castle Hill Lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Castle Hill Lighthouse, Newport, Rhode Island. Free shipping (USA only) Art Print Art print is printed on fine art/photo rag paper. Mounted in a beveled double mat. Matted Art Print is ready for a standard 8"x10", 11"x14" or 16"x20" frame. Mat will be signed by the artist. Note: Mat size is the outside dimension. The double matted print will fit into a standard frame that can be purchased at your local craft/department store. No need for custom framing! The image/print size is smaller than the size of the mat. Magnet Magnet is approximately 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" in size. Acrylic Plastic Refrigerator Magnet. Original Nautical Chart Painting Original Acrylic & Watercolor painting on nautical chart 11324. Mounted in an 11"x14" flag blue mat. Image opening size is approx. 11 ½" x 7". Sorry, I do not offer framing. But it will fit into a standard 11"x14" frame. $175 including shipping. William. B. MacGregor Jr. Watercolors the Junkyard Artist William B. MacGregor, Jr. was born in Medfield, MA, the son & grandson of Norfolk Hunt Club kennel masters. Many of his family members were self-taught artists, woodcarvers, automobile mechanics & veterans of foreign wars including his father a WW1 US Army veteran. Bill is a graduate of Medfield High School, Wentworth Institute, & Northeastern University. His engineering career, from which he is now retired, included working for military & aerospace companies in industrial engineering & IR optics. His painting incorporates "old skool" mechanical & civil drafting tools & he uses a mixed medium of watercolors, acrylics & inks. Two rabbits are often in quite a few of his paintings. Look for them. He is frequently commissioned by United States Naval officers to create paintings of their ships & aircraft carriers on nautical charts. in May,2018, & for one year, four of
