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Saybrook Breakwater Light, South tip of west end of Saybrook Breakwater, Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, CT
LocationSouth tip of west end of Saybrook Breakwater,
Old Saybrook, CT
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CT-178
Significance: Saybrook Breakwater Light is a significant example of a prefabricated, cast-iron lighthouse built on a concrete foundation. This design was developed by the U.S. Lighthouse Board in 1873 as a less expensive alternative to masonry construction for the marking of submerged hazards. The materials, construction, architectural detail and interior finish at Saybrook Breakwater Light reflect the standardized design for this type of structure. This lighthouse is also significant for its role in the navigational aids system on coastal Connecticut, where it warns of shallow water at the mouth of the Connecticut River.
Subjects
Aids To Navigation
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
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Photograph caption(s):
1. View looking northwest, showing Saybrook west breakwater and Lynde Point Lighthouse in the right background
2. View looking northeast, showing Saybrook east breakwater in the right background
3. View looking southeast
4. View looking northeast, with Saybrook east breakwater in the background
5. View looking southwest
6. Detail of galleries and lantern, looking southwest
7. Detail of gallery railings, looking north along Saybrook east breakwater to Lynde Point Lighthouse
8. Detail, first story window surround
9. Interior view, first floor, looking northeast
10. Interior view, second floor, looking southwest
11. Interior view, third floor, looking southwest
12. Interior view, fourth floor, looking southeast
13. Interior view, looking up into fifth floor (watch room) from fourth floor
14. Photo copy of historic photograph, 1972, VIEW LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING ORIGINAL AWNING AT BASE OF LIGHTHOUSE. U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit, Warwick, RI
15. Photo copy of drawing, June 2, 1985, SAYBROOK BREAKWATER LIGHT, SAYBROOK, CONNECTICUT, MODERNIZATION 1985: REMOVALS. U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit, Warwick, RI
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