Bridgeport Harbor Light

Infobox Lighthouse


caption = Early picture postcard of the lighthouse
location = Bridgeport, Connecticut
coordinates = coord|41|09|24|N|73|10|48|W|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title
yearbuilt = 1851
yearlit = 1871
automated =
yeardeactivated = 1953
foundation = Iron screw piles
construction = Wood
shape = Octagonal
height = ft
currentlens = Fourth orderFresnel lens (removed)
lens = Sixth order Fresnel lens (removed)
range =
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

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.

ee also

* Tongue Point Light marks the western side between the inner and outer harbor areas of Bridgeport Harbor.
* Black Rock Harbor Light marks the entrance to the Black Rock Harbor just to the west of Bridgeport Harbor.

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