Stratford Point Light
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Stratford Point Light is a historic lighthouse in the Lordship neighborhood of Stratford, Connecticut, United States, at the mouth of the Housatonic River. The second tower was one of the first prefabricated cylindrical lighthouses in the country and remains active.
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Location | Stratford, Connecticut United States |
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Coordinates | 41°09′07.19″N 73°06′11.78″W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1822 (first) |
Foundation | concrete |
Construction | cast iron tower |
Automated | 1970 |
Height | 35 ft (11 m) |
Shape | conical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | white tower with brias red band, red lantern roof |
Operator | United States Coast Guard[1] [2] |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
Light | |
First lit | 1881 (current) |
Focal height | 52 ft (16 m) |
Lens | First order Fresnel lens (1855) Third order Fresnel lens (1881) Fourth order Fresnel lens (1906) 190 mm lens (1990)[3] |
Range | 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl (2) W 20s. |
Stratford Point Lighthouse | |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1881 (1881) |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
MPS | Operating Lighthouses in Connecticut MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 89001476[4] |
Added to NRHP | May 29, 1990 |
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It sits on a 4-acre (1.6 ha) tract at the southeastern tip of Stratford Point.