Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse
Fl G 6s🇺🇸Connecticut, USOperational
Location & Light Range
About Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse
This navigational tower, constructed in 1886, stands 14.9 meters tall with its focal plane at 17.5 meters. The green, sparkplug-style structure is located at Fenwick Point, marking the entrance to the Connecticut River. Its light emits a single green flash, visible for 14 nautical miles. Originally built to guide vessels into the harbor, it continues its function today. The lighthouse is also referred to as Breakwater Light or Outer Light.
Why it matters: The Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and marks the harbor channel at the mouth of the Connecticut River.
Background
Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse is a sparkplug lighthouse in Connecticut,
United States, at Fenwick Point at the mouth of the Connecticut River near Old Saybrook, Connecticut. It is featured on the state's "Preserve the Sound" license plates.
"That outer lighthouse is the symbol of Old Saybrook," town First Selectman Michael Pace said in 2007, when the town was making plans to buy the lighthouse from the federal government.
The lighthouse is also known simply as "Breakwater Light" or "Outer Light". It is one of two built off Lynde Point in the nineteenth century. The other lighthouse, known as Lynde Point Light or more commonly as "Inner Light", is 75 years older than this lighthouse. The two lighthouses mark the harbor channel at the mouth of the Connecticut River.Light & Optic
Characteristic Signature
Fl G 6s
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- Green
- Flash Count
- 1 flash
- Interval
- 6s
- Raw Code
- Fl
- Focal Height
- 17.5m
- Geographic Range
- 14NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1886
- Heritage Status
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
References & Identifiers
- Admiralty No.
- LLNR 22495
- Wikipedia
- Read on Wikipedia →
- Wikidata
- Q3378379 →
- OpenStreetMap
- View on OSM →
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 14.9m
- Tower Shape
- navigation
- Tower Color
- green
Location
- City
- Connecticut
- Country
- 🇺🇸US
- Latitude
- 41.2631°
- Longitude
- -72.3428°
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