Construction sparkplug lighthouse Height 15 m Automated 1959 Year first constructed 1886 | Focal height 58 feet (18 m) Opened 1886 Added to NRHP 29 May 1990 Materials Cast iron, Brick | |
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Location Old Saybrook
Connecticut
United States Foundation cast iron and concrete caisson Tower shape 2-stages cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern incorporating keeper's quarter Original lens Fifth order Fresnel lens Similar Lynde Point Light, Morgan Point Light, Stonington Harbor Light, Southwest Ledge Light, Peck Ledge Light | ||
Saybrook breakwater lighthouse ct
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.
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"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.
History
The lighthouse has been in service since 1886.
In 2007, the federal government announced it would sell the lighthouse as part of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Program, which was created to transfer responsibility for maintenance of lighthouses to municipal governments or private entities. The Old Saybrook town government expressed an interest in the lighthouse, which is not expected to be transferred from the federal government until sometime in 2008 or 2009. The National Park Service will screen potential owners. The Coast Guard would continue to maintain the light while the new owners maintain the historic structure. The Coast Guard also owns the land on which the lighthouse sits, and transferring the land is not part of the preservation program. As of January 14, 2014, the Minio family are the new private owners of the Old Saybrook Point Lighthouse. Joseph C. Minio, Sr. and Dr. Christopher M. Minio are co-Lighthouse owners and keepers.