New London Harbor Light

New London Harbor Light

New London Harbor Light (by USCG/1984)
Connecticut
Location New London
Connecticut
United States
Coordinates 41°19′00.0″N 72°05′23.1″W / 41.316667°N 72.089750°W / 41.316667; -72.089750
Year first constructed 1760 (first)
Year first lit 1801 (current)
Automated 1912
Foundation surface rock
Construction brownstone tower
Tower shape tapered octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, black lantern
Height 89 ft (27 m)
Focal height 90 ft (27 m)
Original lens 11 lamps, 13 inch reflectors
Current lens Fourth order Fresnel lens
Intensity 6,000 candela
Range 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic Iso W 6s.
Admiralty number J0732
ARLHS number USA-541
USCG number 1-21845
Managing agent

New London Maritime Society[1]

[2]
New London Light[3]

New London Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on the west side of the New London harbor entrance. It is the nation's fifth oldest light station and the seventh oldest U.S. lighthouse; it is both the oldest and the tallest lighthouse in Connecticut, and on Long Island Sound,[4] with its "white, octagonal pyramidal tower [reaching] 90 feet above ground and 89 feet above water."[5]

The light is visible for 15 miles and consists of three white flashes and one red flash. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is currently owned and maintained by the New London Maritime Society as part of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act program.[6]

History

The original New London Harbor Lighthouse was built on the west side of the entrance to New London Harbor in 1760,[7] before the United States was established as an independent nation. Following the act of 7 August 1789, the lighthouse was ceded to the United States, according to the "Memoranda of Cessions" by Connecticut.[7]

On May 7, 1800, Congress appropriated funds to rebuild the lighthouse.[7] It was removed in 1801 when the current stone tower was built. In 1855 a fourth-order Fresnel lens replaced the original 11 lamps with 13-inch (330 mm) reflectors. Illumination was converted to oil-vapor lamp in 1909 and acetylene in 1912. The light was electrified in 1930. The present keeper's house was built in 1863.[8]

Keepers

Head

See also

References

  1. ↑ New London Harbor The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 June 2016
  2. ↑ Connecticut Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 21 June 2016
  3. ↑ Lossing, Benson (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. p. 694.
  4. ↑ Susan Hodara (15 August 2014). "Taking In the History of New London, a City Shaped by the Sea". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ United States Coast Guard (1972). Historically Famous Lighthouses. Washington, DC: US Coast Guard, Public Information Division. p. 10.
  6. ↑ http://www.theday.com/local/20150806/new-london-maritime-society-takes-over-as-new-london-ledge-light-owner
  7. 1 2 3 4 United States Coast Guard (1972). Historically Famous Lighthouses. Washington, DC: US Coast Guard, Public Information Division. pp. 9–10.
  8. ↑ "NRHP nomination for New London Harbor Light" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  9. ↑ New London Harbor, CT Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 21 June 2016
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