Southwest Ledge Light

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Southwest Ledge Light in 1997
Southwest Ledge Light in 1997

New Haven, Connecticut

Built: 1877

Automated: 1988

This 45-foot tall cast-iron structure rests on a cylindrical cast-iron, concrete filled caisson at the end of the one mile long east breakwater. It marks the reef on the east side of New Haven Harbor. When this light was activated in 1877, the nearby Five Mile Point Light was discontinued.


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