New London Harbor Light

New London Harbor Light
	New London Harbor Light (by USCG/1984)
Location	New London; Connecticut; United States
Coordinates	41°19′00.0″N 72°05′23.1″W / 41.316667°N 72.089750°W
Tower
Constructed	1760 (first)
Foundation	surface rock
Construction	brownstone tower
Automated	1912
Height	89 ft (27 m)
Shape	tapered octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower, black lantern
Operator	New London Maritime Society
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1801 (current)
Focal height	90 ft (27 m)
Lens	11 lamps, 13 inch reflectors
Intensity	6,000 candela
Range	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic	Iso W 6s.

New London Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on the west side of the New London harbor entrance. It is the nation's fifth oldest light station and the seventh oldest U.S. lighthouse; it is both the oldest and the tallest lighthouse in Connecticut, and on Long Island Sound,^[4] with its "white, octagonal pyramidal tower [reaching] 90 feet above ground and 89 feet above water."^[5]

The light is visible for 15 miles and consists of three white flashes and one red flash. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is currently owned and maintained by the New London Maritime Society as part of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act program.^[6]

History

The original New London Harbor Lighthouse was built on the west side of the entrance to New London Harbor in 1760,^[7] before the United States was established as an independent nation. Following the act of 7 August 1789, the lighthouse was ceded to the United States, according to the "Memoranda of Cessions" by Connecticut.^[7]

On May 7, 1800, Congress appropriated funds to rebuild the lighthouse.^[7] It was removed in 1801 when the current stone tower was built. In 1855 a fourth-order Fresnel lens replaced the original 11 lamps with 13-inch (330 mm) reflectors. Illumination was converted to oil-vapor lamp in 1909 and acetylene in 1912. The light was electrified in 1930. The present keeper's house was built in 1863.^[8]

Keepers

Head

Nathaniel Shaw (1761 – at least 1771)
Daniel Harris (at least 1775 – at least 1802)
Griswold Harris (1811 – at least 1825)
Jeremiah Harris (at least 1827 – 1831)
S.J. Beckwith (1831 – 1832)
John G. Munn (1832 – 1841)
John Mason (1841 – 1844)
Nathan Buddington (1844 – 1845)
George K. Comstock (1845 – 1850)
Thomas Fisk (1850)
John Mason (1850 – 1853)
Lyman Reed (1853 – 1859)
Elijah Bolles (1859 – 1861)
Philip M. Boss (1861 – 1869)
Charles A. Bunnell (1869 – 1889)
Henry A. Whaley (1889)
Charles B. Field (1889 – 1910)
Theodore De Shong (1910 – 1911)
Joseph F. Woods (1911 – 1912)^[9]

Gallery

New London Harbor Lighthouse^[7]
Postcard of the lighthouse, published 1901-1907

References

^ New London Harbor The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 June 2016
^ Connecticut Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 21 June 2016
^ Lossing, Benson (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. p. 694.
^ Susan Hodara (15 August 2014). "Taking In the History of New London, a City Shaped by the Sea". The New York Times.
^ United States Coast Guard (1972). Historically Famous Lighthouses. Washington, DC: US Coast Guard, Public Information Division. p. 10.
^ http://www.theday.com/local/20150806/new-london-maritime-society-takes-over-as-new-london-ledge-light-owner
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d United States Coast Guard (1972). Historically Famous Lighthouses. Washington, DC: US Coast Guard, Public Information Division. pp. 9–10.
^ "NRHP nomination for New London Harbor Light". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
^ New London Harbor, CT Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 21 June 2016

External links

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[1] New London Harbor The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 June 2016

[2] Connecticut Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 21 June 2016

[3] Lossing, Benson (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. p. 694.

[4] Susan Hodara (15 August 2014). "Taking In the History of New London, a City Shaped by the Sea". The New York Times.

[5] United States Coast Guard (1972). Historically Famous Lighthouses. Washington, DC: US Coast Guard, Public Information Division. p. 10.

[6] ttp://www.theday.com/local/20150806/new-london-maritime-society-takes-over-as-new-london-ledge-light-owner

[United_States_Coast_Guard_1972_9–10-7] United States Coast Guard (1972). Historically Famous Lighthouses. Washington, DC: US Coast Guard, Public Information Division. pp. 9–10.

[NRHP-8] "NRHP nomination for New London Harbor Light". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-29.

[9] New London Harbor, CT Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 21 June 2016

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