 The lighthouse as it appeared about 1905 | |
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| Location | Old Saybrook, Connecticut, US |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°16′17″N 72°20′36″W / 41.271373°N 72.343254°W |
| Tower | |
| Foundation | granite pier |
| Construction | brownstone (tower)  |
| Automated | 1975 |
| Height | 65 ft (20 m) |
| Shape | octagonal tower with balcony and lantern |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1839 |
| Focal height | 71 ft (22 m) |
| Lens | 10 lamps, 9 inch reflectors (removed 1852), Fifth order Fresnel lens (1890) |
| Range | 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi) |
| Characteristic | F W |
| Original light | |
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| Constructed | 1803 |
| Designed by | Abisha Woodward |
| Construction | wood |
| Height | 35 ft (11 m) |
Lynde Point Light | |
| Nearest city | Old Saybrook, Connecticut |
| MPS | Operating Lighthouses in Connecticut MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001469[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 29, 1990 |
The Lynde Point Light or Lynde Point Lighthouse, also known as Saybrook Inner Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on the west side of the mouth of the Connecticut River on the Long Island Sound, Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The first light was a 35 feet (11 m) wooden tower constructed by Abisha Woodward for $2,200 and it was completed in 1803. A new lighthouse was eventually needed and a total of $7,500 was appropriated on July 7, 1838. Jonathan Scranton, Volney Pierce, and John Wilcox were contracted to build the new 65-foot (20 m) octagonal brownstone tower. It was constructed in 1838 and lit in 1839. The lighthouse was renovated in 1867 and had its keeper's house from 1833 replaced in 1858 with a Gothic Revival gambrel-roofed wood-frame house. In 1966, the house was torn down and replaced by a duplex house. The original ten lamps were replaced in 1852 with a fourth-order Fresnel lens, and with a fifth-order Fresnel lens in 1890. Lynde Point Lighthouse used whale oil until 1879 when it switched to kerosene. It was electrified in 1955 and fully automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1978. In 1990, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and is significant for its "superior stone work in the tapering brownstone walls".[2][3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Connecticut". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ Connecticut Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 20 June 2016