A SEA VIEW

Five Mile Point Light

Location: New Haven, Connecticut

Nearest city: New Haven, Connecticut
Station established: 1805;
Present lighthouse built: 1847; Discontinued: 1877
Construction materials: Brownstone with brick lining
Height of tower: 70 feet; Height of focal plane: 97 feet
Original optic: Fourth order Fresnel (1855); Present optic: None
Other buildings still standing: 1835 keeper’s house