Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Connecticut Lighthouses--Penfield Reef Light

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PENFIELD REEF LIGHT

State: CONNECTICUT
Location: BLACK HARBOR ENTRANCE / LONG ISLAND SOUND
Nearest City: FAIRFIELD
County: FAIRFIELD
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1874

Photo courtesy of Ted Smith, 2002.

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1874
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1971
Foundation Materials: GRANITE CAISSON
Construction Materials: WOOD/GRANITE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 35
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1874
Present Optic: DCB-24
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 51
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: DABOLL TRUMPET/ORIG. BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1874
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: SECOND EMPIRE
Construction Materials: GRANITE (INTEGRAL)

Other Structures: BOAT LANDING

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #89001473
Name of Listing: PENFIELD REEF LIGHTHOUSE (OPERATING LIGHTHOUSES IN CONNECTICUT MPS)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1990

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Wed, July 10 2002 12:28:02 pm EDT
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