Deactivated 1953-1985 Focal height 80 ft (24 m) Opened 1882 Automated 1953 Year first constructed 1882 | Construction sparkplug lighthouse Height 18 m Current lens length 20 cm Material Cast iron | |
Location Stamford
Connecticut
United States Foundation cast iron and concrete caisson Tower shape cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern incorporating keeper's quarter Similar Peck Ledge Light, Bridgeport Harbor Light, Great Captain Island Light, Greens Ledge Light, Tongue Point Lighthouse | ||
Stamford Harbor Ledge Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on the Stamford Harbor entrance on Chatham Rock near Stamford, Connecticut.
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The lighthouse has a floating dock and from the upper balcony Long Island Sound, Stamford, Stamford Harbor, and Manhattan skyscrapers can be seen. The interior of the structure has seven levels.
History
The Stamford Harbor Ledge lighthouse was built in 1882 and was a sparkplug lighthouse cast iron tower, manufactured in Boston. The light, 3,600 feet (1,100 m) from shore, was sold to a private party in 1955.
Several lighthouse keepers and their families lived in the lighthouse at various times.
In 2008, the property was put up for sale, with an asking price of $1.75 million as of September 25, 2008. By June 2009, the asking price had fallen to $1.595 million, according to the real estate agent's website. According to an advertisement for the real estate offering, the property includes the lighthouse, Chatham Rock and, in words that were in quotes in the advertisement, "surrounding underwater land embraced within a circle, seven hundred fifty (750) feet in diameter, the center of which is Chatham Rock".
Currently (2014) the lighthouse seems to be badly in need of painting and appears very rusty and somewhat run down when viewed from the shore.