Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Significant Unmanned Aids--Bridgeport Breakwater (Tongue Point) Light

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BRIDGEPORT BREAKWATER (TONGUE POINT) LIGHT

State: CONNECTICUT
Location: WEST SIDE OF HARBOR ENTRANCE
Nearest City: BRIDGEPORT
County: FAIRFIELD
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1895

Photo courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1895
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1954
Foundation Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE PIER
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: BLACK
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 31
Original Optic: SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1894
Present Optic: 155 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: 1988
Height of Focal Plane: 31
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? YES, 1919

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: BELL (INACTIVE)

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO

Other Structures: 1881 FOG BELL

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #89001478
Name of Listing: TONGUE POINT LIGHTHOUSE (OPERATING LIGHTHOUSES IN CONNECTICUT)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1991

Miscellaneous:
TOWER MOVED FROM 1891 BREAKWATER IN 1919; PLAYED A ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG SIGNAL DEVICES

Last Modified: Thu, May 5 2005 4:56:02 pm EDT
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