Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Connecticut Lighthouses--Faulkners Island Light

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FAULKNERS ISLAND LIGHT

State: CONNECTICUT
Location: LONG ISLAND SOUND
Nearest City: GUILFORD
County: NEW HAVEN
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1802

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1802
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1978
Foundation Materials: FIELDSTONE
Construction Materials: BROWNSTONE/BRICK LINING
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 46
Original Optic: 9 LAMPS, 16" REFLECTORS
Year Original Lens Installed: 1840
Present Optic: 190 MM, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1988
Height of Focal Plane: 94
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1922
Construction Materials: BRICK/MASONRY
Architectural Style:
Fog Signal Type: TYPHON HORNS/ORIG. BELL/STEAM WHISTLE

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (BURNED 1976)

Year Constructed:
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: 2 CISTERNS, WOOD BOATHOUSE (CIRCA 1940), JETTY, OBSERVATION SHELTER, WHARF & BREAKWATER

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD (TOWER) LEASE TO FAULKNER ISLAND BRIGADE/U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #89001467
Name of Listing: FALKNER'S ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE (OPERATING LIGHTHOUSES IN CONNECTICUT MPS)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1990

Miscellaneous:
SITE OF EARLY FOG SIGNAL EXPERIMENTS IN 1865 AND LATER IN 1902; THREATENED BY EROSION; ISLAND IS NOW A BIRD SANCTUARY AND PART OF THE STEWART B. MCKINNEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Last Modified: Wed, Feb 20 2002 1:45:02 pm EDT
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