Tidepieces - Point Judith Light Tide Clock - Black Flat Panel

Exclusively available only from Mellow Monkey Handcrafted by local artisan, Alan Winick, this tide clock has the image of Point Judith Light. located on the west side of the entrance to Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island as well as the north side of the eastern entrance to Block Island Sound, with a tide that rises and falls as the actual tide in your location goes from high to low. The confluence of two waterways make this area busy with water traffic and the waters around Point Judith are very cold and dangerous. Historically, even with active lighthouses, there have been many shipwrecks off these coasts. Three light structures have been built on this site. The original 35-foot (11 m) tower, built in 1810, was destroyed by a hurricane in 1815. It was replaced in 1816, by another 35-foot stone tower with a revolving light and ten lamps. The present octagonal granite tower was built in 1856.  In 1871, ship captains asked that Point Judith's fog signal be changed from a horn to whi