Bridgeport Harbor

Type:
Year Established:
1851
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Bridgeport Harbor
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1945
Photo Credit:
USCG
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Bridgeport Harbor Mouth
Latitude:
41° 09.24'
Longitude:
73° 10.49'
City / Town:
BRIDGEPORT
U.S. State:
Connecticut
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Bridgeport Harbor
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1954
Disposition:
Dismantled After 1954
Year Tower Established:
1851
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD/Iron
Tower Foundation:
IRON PILES
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
53 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
34 feet
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL ON SQUARE HOUSE
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1871
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1871
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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Comments:
  • Original light was an iron pile beacon with a 6th order Fresnel lens. The Keeper and son lived on shore, rowing to the light to illuminate and extinguish daily.
  • 1871 a new screw pile lighthouse surrounded by rip rap begins service with a 4th order Fresnel lens
  • 1898 - Spanish/American War - 10" guns were mounted to the foundation
  • Many life saving rescues were attributed to multiple keepers
  • 1953 - Station deemed beyond repair and would be replaced by a 40' steel tower. Despite attempts to save/move the lighthouse, it accidentally was destroyed by fire
    • Entered by:
    t.wheeler
    Entered Date:
    Jan 15, 2018