Five Mile Point Light
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| Location | Long Island Sound, New Haven, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°14′54″N 72°54′14″W / 41.2483°N 72.9039°W |
| Year first constructed | 1805 |
| Year first lit | 1845 (current tower) |
| Deactivated | 1877 |
| Foundation | Brownstone |
| Construction | Brownstone |
| Tower shape | Octagonal |
| Height | 65 ft (20 m) |
| Original lens | 12 Lamps, 21 inch reflectors, 1845 |
| Current lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 10 nautical miles (20 km) |
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Five Mile Point Lighthouse
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| Location: | Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates: | 41°14′56″N 72°54′14″W / 41.24889°N 72.90389°WCoordinates: 41°14′56″N 72°54′14″W / 41.24889°N 72.90389°W |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1812 |
| Architect: | Bassett,Marcus |
| Architectural style: | Lighthouse |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 90001108[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | August 1, 1990 |
Five Mile Point Light, also known as Five Mile Point Lighthouse or Old New Haven Harbor Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, on the harbor entrance to Long Island Sound, five miles (8 km) from Downtown New Haven. It is located in Lighthouse Point Park.
The lighthouse, completed in 1845, and a keeper's dwelling built in 1812 were described in detail and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1][2]
[edit] History
The original lighthouse, built in 1805, was a 30-foot (9.1 m) octagonal wooden tower. Mariners complained that the light was not bright enough nor tall enough, so in 1847, a new 65-foot (20 m) tower with 12 Lamps with 21-inch (530 mm) reflectors, was built. The lamp system was upgraded to a fourth-order Fresnel lens in 1855. The lighthouse was extinguished in 1877 when the offshore Southwest Ledge Light replaced it for navigation.[3]
The tower was renovated in 1986.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Matthew Roth and Bruce Clouette (January 29, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Five Mile Point Lighthouse / Old New Haven Lighthouse". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-02-03. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/90001108.pdf. and Accompanying 10 photos from 1990 (see photo captions on page 12 of text document)
- ^ Five Mile Point (Old New Haven), CT. lighthousefriends.com. Archived 3 February 2011 at WebCite
- ^ Five Mile Point (Old New Haven) Light. Inventory of Historic Light Stations Connecticut Lighthouses. National Park Service. Archived 3 February 2011 at WebCite
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