Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Connecticut Lighthouses--Southwest Ledge Light

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SOUTHWEST LEDGE (NEW HAVEN BREAKWATER) LIGHT

State: CONNECTICUT
Location: REEF AT MAIN ENTRANCE NEW HAVEN HARBOR
Nearest City: NEW HAVEN
County: NEW HAVEN
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1877

Courtesy National Register of Historic Places

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1877
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1973
Foundation Materials: CAST IRON/CONCRETE CAISSON
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: WHITE ON BROWN CAISSON W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 45
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 190 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: 1988
Height of Focal Plane: 57
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: WHISTLE/ORIG. BELL/HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1877
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: SECOND EMPIRE
Construction Materials: CAST IRON (INTEGRAL)

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #89001475
Name of Listing: SOUTHWEST LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE (OPERATING LIGHTHOUSES IN CONNECTICUT MPS)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1990

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, CT-62 (MARO)

Miscellaneous:
SUPERSTRUCTURE EXHIBITED AT 1876 CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION; IDENTICAL TO SHIP SHOAL LIGHT; PRECURSOR TO SPARK PLUGS

Last Modified: Wed, Feb 21 2002 1:14:02 pm EDT
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