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	Five Mile Point Lighthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, Connecticut
Area	0.9 acres (0.36 ha)
Built	1812
Architect	Bassett,Marcus
Architectural style	Lighthouse
NRHP reference No.	90001108
Added to NRHP	August 1, 1990

Five Mile Point Light
Location	Long Island Sound, New Haven, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°14′54″N 72°54′14″W / 41.2483°N 72.9039°W
Tower
Constructed	1805
Foundation	Brownstone
Construction	Brownstone
Height	65 ft (20 m)
Shape	Octagonal
Markings	white (tower), black (lantern)
Operator	Lighthouse Point Park
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1845 (current tower)
Deactivated	1877
Lens	12 Lamps, 21 inch reflectors, 1845
Range	10 nautical miles (20 km)
Characteristic	decorative light

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Five Mile Point Light, also known as Five Mile Point Lighthouse or Old New Haven Harbor Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, on the harbor entrance to Long Island Sound, five miles (8 km) from Downtown New Haven. It is located in Lighthouse Point Park.

The lighthouse, completed in 1845, and a keeper's dwelling built in 1812 were described in detail and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]^[2]

History

The original lighthouse, built in 1805, was a 30-foot (9.1 m) octagonal wooden tower. Mariners complained that the light was not bright enough nor tall enough, so in 1847, a new 65-foot (20 m) tower with 12 Lamps with 21-inch (530 mm) reflectors, was built. The lamp system was upgraded to a fourth-order Fresnel lens in 1855. The lighthouse was extinguished in 1877 when the offshore Southwest Ledge Light replaced it for navigation.^[3]

The tower was renovated in 1986.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
^ Matthew Roth and Bruce Clouette (January 29, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Five Mile Point Lighthouse / Old New Haven Lighthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 10 photos from 1990 (see photo captions on page 12 of text document)
^ Five Mile Point (Old New Haven), CT. lighthousefriends.com.
^ Five Mile Point (Old New Haven) Light. Inventory of Historic Light Stations Connecticut Lighthouses. National Park Service.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.

[nrhpinv3-2] Matthew Roth and Bruce Clouette (January 29, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Five Mile Point Lighthouse / Old New Haven Lighthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 10 photos from 1990 (see photo captions on page 12 of text document)

[lhf-3] Five Mile Point (Old New Haven), CT. lighthousefriends.com.

[4] Five Mile Point (Old New Haven) Light. Inventory of Historic Light Stations Connecticut Lighthouses. National Park Service.

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