Five Mile Point
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| Location: | Long Island Sound, Connecticut |
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| Year first constructed: | 1805 |
| Year first lit: | 1845 (current tower) |
| Deactivated: | 1877 |
| Foundation: | Brownstone |
| Construction: | Brownstone |
| Tower shape: | Octagonal |
| Height: | 65 ft (20 m) |
| Original lens: | 12 Lamps, 21 inch reflectors, 1845 |
| Current lens: | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Range: | 10 nautical miles (20 km) |
Five Mile Point Light, also known as New Haven Harbor Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, on the harbor entrance to Long Island Sound, five miles (8 km) from Downtown New Haven. It is located in Lighthouse Point Park.
[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 (20 m) tower with 12 Lamps with 21 inch reflectors, was built. The lamp system was upgraded to a fourth-order Fresnel lens in 1855. The lighthouse was extinguished in 1877 when the offshore Southwest Ledge Light replaced it for navigation.
The tower was renovated in 1986.
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