Bridgeport Harbor Light
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| Bridgeport Harbor Light | |
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 Early picture postcard of the lighthouse |
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| Location: | Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| Year first constructed: | 1851 |
| Year first lit: | 1871 |
| Deactivated: | 1953 |
| Foundation: | Iron screw piles |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Tower shape: | Octagonal |
| Height: | ft |
| Original lens: | Sixth order Fresnel lens (removed) |
| Current lens: | Fourth orderFresnel lens (removed) |
| Characteristic: | fixed red |
Bridgeport Harbor Lighthouse was a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on the west side of Bridgeport Harbor entrance and north side of Long Island Sound, Bridgeport, Connecticut
[edit] History
The original lighthouse was built in 1851. It was an octagonal tower with a fixed red light from a sixth order Fresnel lens on the top of a box light structure on iron piles. There were no keeper’s quarters. In 1871, a replacement lighthouse was built. It was a wooden dwelling with the tower attached to the roof and had a fourth order lens. The United States Coast Guard replaced the lighthouse with a skeletal tower in 1953. While dismantling the lighthouse, it caught fire and was destroyed.
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