New Haven Outer Breakwater

Year Established:
1899
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1935
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
New Haven Harbor Breakwater Outer End
Latitude:
41° 13.17'
Longitude:
72° 56.34'
City / Town:
NEW HAVEN
U.S. State:
Connecticut
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. New Haven Outer Breakwater
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1933
Disposition:
Torn Down and Replaced W/skeletal Tower in 1933
Year Tower Established:
1899
Tower Foundation:
CAISSON
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
61 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
56 feet
Tower Shape:
Conical
Tower Daymark:
Black
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1899

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1899
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018