Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Connecticut Lighthouses--Morgan Point Light

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MORGAN POINT LIGHT

State: CONNECTICUT
Location: WEST SIDE OF MOUTH OF MYSTIC RIVER
Nearest City: NOANK (GROTON)
County: NEW LONDON
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1831

1993 photo courtesy of J. Pilalas

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1868
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1919
Automated:
Foundation Materials: NATURAL GRANITE SHELF
Construction Materials: WOOD TOWER/GRANITE DWELLING
Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER ON MASONRY DWELLING
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 52
Original Optic: SIXTH ORDER STEAMER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1855
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 61
Fresnel Lens Disposition:

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1831
Description: WOODEN CIRCULAR TOWER
Fate/Disposition: REMOVED WITH CONSTRUCTION OF 1868 TOWER

Modern Tower? YES

Year Tower Constructed: 1919
Type: SKELETAL
Tower Height: 25
Height of Focal Plane: 25

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1869
Number of Stories: 2.5
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Construction Materials: GRANITE BLOCKS

Other Structures:

Current Use: SUMMER COTTAGE

Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: PART OF LISTING; Reference #79002656
Name of Listing: NOANK HISTORIC DISTRICT
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1979

Miscellaneous:
REPLACED BY OFFSHORE POLE 1919; SOLD 1922; LANTERN RESTORED W/REPLICA IN 1993 AND INTERIOR RENOVATED

Last Modified: Wed, Feb 20 2002 4:05:02 pm EDT
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