Bridgeport Harbor Light
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| Early picture postcard of the lighthouse | |
| Location | Bridgeport, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°09′24″N 73°10′48″W / 41.15667°N 73.18°WCoordinates: 41°09′24″N 73°10′48″W / 41.15667°N 73.18°W |
| Year first constructed | 1851 |
| Year first lit | 1871 |
| Deactivated | 1953 |
| Foundation | Iron screw piles |
| Construction | Wood |
| Tower shape | Octagonal |
| Original lens | Sixth order Fresnel lens (removed) |
| Current lens | Fourth orderFresnel lens (removed) |
| Characteristic | fixed red |
Bridgeport Harbor Lighthouse was a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on the west side of the Bridgeport Harbor entrance and the north side of Long Island Sound, Bridgeport, Connecticut in the United States.
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[edit] History
The original lighthouse was built in 1851. It was an octagonal tower, with a fixed red light from a sixth order Fresnel lens on the top of a box light structure on iron piles. There were no keeper's quarters. In 1871, a replacement lighthouse was built. This was a wooden dwelling with the tower attached to the roof, with a fourth order lens. The United States Coast Guard replaced the lighthouse with a skeletal tower in 1953.
While dismantling the 102-year-old lighthouse to make way for an electric beacon, it caught fire and was destroyed.[1]
[edit] See also
- Bridgeport Harbor
- History of Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Tongue Point Light marks the western side between the inner and outer harbor areas of Bridgeport Harbor.
- Black Rock Harbor Light marks the entrance to the Black Rock Harbor just to the west of Bridgeport Harbor.
[edit] References
- ^ "NOTED LIGHTHOUSE BURNS; 102 - Year - Old Structure at Bridgeport Is Destroyed". New York Times. 1953-12-21. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F7061FF7355D177B93C3AB1789D95F478585F9. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
[edit] External links
- "Bridgeport Harbor Lighthouse, Bridgeport, Connecticut". New England Lighthouses. http://lighthouse.cc/bridgeport/. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
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