 Stratford Point Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Stratford, Connecticut United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°09′07.19″N 73°06′11.78″W / 41.1519972°N 73.1032722°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1822 (first) |
| Foundation | concrete |
| Construction | cast iron tower |
| Automated | 1970 |
| Height | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Shape | conical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower with brias red band, red lantern roof |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard[1] [2] |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1881 (current) |
| Focal height | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Lens | First order Fresnel lens (1855) Third order Fresnel lens (1881) Fourth order Fresnel lens (1906) 190 mm lens (1990)[3] |
| Range | 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (2) W 20s. |
Stratford Point Lighthouse | |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1881 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| MPS | Operating Lighthouses in Connecticut MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001476[4] |
| Added to NRHP | May 29, 1990 |
Stratford Point Light is a historic lighthouse in the Lordship neighborhood of Stratford, Connecticut, United States, at the mouth of the Housatonic River. The second tower was one of the first prefabricated cylindrical lighthouses in the country and remains active.
It sits on a 4-acre (1.6 ha) tract at the southeastern tip of Stratford Point.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Connecticut". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
- ^ Connecticut Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 23 June 2016
- ^ Stratford Point Lighthouse New England Lighthouses. Retrieved 23 June 2016
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.