Five Mile Point
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| Location: | Long Island Sound, Connecticut |
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| Foundation: | Brownstone |
| Construction: | Brownstone |
| Year first lit: | 1845 (current tower) |
| Year first constructed: | 1805 |
| Deactivated: | 1877 |
| Tower shape: | Octagonal |
| Height: | 65 ft |
| Original lens: | 12 Lamps, 21 inch reflectors, 1845 |
| Current lens: | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Range: | 10 nautical miles |
Five Mile Point Light, also known as Old New Haven Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on the harbor entrance to Long Island Sound, Connecticut The offshore, working lighthouse, located five miles from the center of New Haven, is the "Five Mile Point Light". The older one, no longer working, is located at Lighthouse Point Park, in New Haven, Conn. Photographs of both lighhouses have been shown in books and calendars that focus on lighthouses. [1] [2]
[edit] History
The original lighthouse, built in 1805, was a 30 foot octagonal wooden tower. Mariners complained that the light was not bright enough nor tall enough, so in 1847, a new 65 foot tower with 12 Lamps with 21 inch reflectors, was built. The lamp system was upgraded to a fourth-order Fresnel lens in 1855. The tower was renovated in 1986
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