STRATFORD POINT LIGHTHOUSE 

Stratford, CT

Located where the Houstonic River meets Long Island Sound, this station, at the time the third light station built on Long Island Sound, was established in 1822.   A wooden octagonal tower, was built after Congress appropriated $4,000.  It was 28-feet high, to the base of the lantern.  A bell tower was installed in 1865.

The current tower, a 35-foot cast iron tower lined with brick, was built in 1881.  The red band was added in 1899.

It was equipped with a third-order Fresnel lens, which was replaced by a modern optic.

Stratford Point Lighthouse was the first prefabricated cylindrical lighthouse in the country.

Visited August 22, 2019

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