By USCG - CG-232
State: CONNECTICUT
Location: SOUTH END FAYERWEATHER ISLAND
Nearest City: BRIDGEPORT
County: FAIRFIELD
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1809
Black Rock Harbor Light
Photo courtesy of Jeremy D'Entremont, 2000
Existing Historic Tower:
Year Light First Lit: 1817
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1932
Automated:
Foundation Materials: FIELDSTONE
Construction Materials: GRANITE RUBBLE/BROWNSTONE BLK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 41
Original Optic: 8 LAMPS, 14" REFLECTORS
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1854
Height of Focal Plane: 44
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? YES
Year Tower Constructed: 1932
Type: POLE
Tower Height:
Height of Focal Plane:
Current Optic: Year Installed:
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
Fog Signal Type: NONE
Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (BURNED 1977)
Year Constructed: 1880
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: VICTORIAN GOTHIC
Construction Materials: WOOD
Other Structures:
Current Use: NATURE PRESERVE
Owner/Manager: CITY OF BRIDGEPORT/FRIENDS OF SEASIDE PARK
Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)
National Register Status: PART OF LISTING; Reference #82004373
Name of Listing: SEASIDE PARK NR DISTRICT
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1982
Miscellaneous:
REPLACED W/BEACON 1/4 MILE OFFSHORE IN 1933; REHABBED 1983; RELIT IN 2000, ALTHOUGH LIGHT DOES NOT SERVE AS ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
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