.jpg) Stratford Shoal Light in 1997 | |
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| Location | Long Island Sound Fairfield County Connecticut United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°3′35.3″N 73°6′4.7″W / 41.059806°N 73.101306°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1837 (lightship) |
| Foundation | granite ashlar caisson |
| Construction | granite tower |
| Automated | 1970 |
| Height | 35 feet (11 m) |
| Shape | octagonal tower |
| Markings | unpainted tower, white lantern |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard[1][2][3][4] |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Fog signal | 2s. blast every 15s. |
| Racon | Y |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1877 (first tower, still active) |
| Focal height | 60 feet (18 m) |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens (original), VRB-25 (current) |
| Range | 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 5s. |
Stratford Shoal Lighthouse | |
| Nearest city | Stratford, Connecticut |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1878 |
| Architect | Howell, D.V. |
| MPS | Operating Lighthouses in Connecticut MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001477[5] |
| Added to NRHP | May 29, 1990 |
Stratford Shoal Light, officially Stratford Shoal (Middle Ground) Light, is a lighthouse on a shoal in the middle of Long Island Sound approximately halfway between Port Jefferson, New York and Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Connecticut". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
- ^ Connecticut Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 24 June 2016
- ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 190.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Connecticut". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-19.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.