Falkner Island Light
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| Falkner Island Light | |
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| Location: | Long Island Sound, Connecticut |
| Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
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| Year first constructed: | 1802 |
| Year first lit: | 1802 |
| Automated: | 1978 |
| Foundation: | Fieldstone |
| Construction: | Brownstone with Brick lining |
| Tower shape: | Octagonal |
| Height: | 46 ft, 94 feet above sea level |
| Original lens: | 9 Lamps, 16 inch reflectors, 1840 |
| Current lens: | Solar powered VRB-25 |
| Range: | 13 nm |
| Characteristic: | white flash every 10 s |
Falkner Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, off of Guilford Harbor on Long Island Sound.
[edit] History
Falkner Island Lighthouse was built on Falkner Island in 1802. In 1856, the light was upgraded from lamps to a fourth order Fresnel lens. The light was automated in 1978 and flashes a white light every ten seconds.
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