New London Harbor Light Station Connecticut (Third Coast Guard District). This light station is located on the west side of the entrance to New London Harbor. The white octagonal, pyramidal tower reaches a height of 89 ft. above water level. A lantern with a fourth-order illuminating apparatus beams a white 6,000 candlepower flash of 1 second duration every 4 seconds visible at 15 miles, and has a red sector of 13, 500 candlepower from 000° to 041° which covers Sarah Ledge and shoals westward. The light, which was only recently manned by resident keeper who lived in the attached dwelling, is n
New London Harbor Light Station Connecticut (Third Coast Guard District). This light station is located on the west side of the entrance to New London Harbor. The white octagonal, pyramidal tower reaches a height of 89 ft. above water level. A lantern with a fourth-order illuminating apparatus beams a white 6,000 candlepower flash of 1 second duration every 4 seconds visible at 15 miles, and has a red sector of 13, 500 candlepower from 000° to 041° which covers Sarah Ledge and shoals westward. The light, which was only recently manned by resident keeper who lived in the attached dwelling, is now automatically controlled. New London Harbor Light was first established in 1760 and rebuilt in 1801.
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