Location: Thames River, entrance to New London Harbor
Nearest city: Groton
41 18 18 N
72 04 42 W
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Accessibility: Best seen by boat. You can see the lighthouse fairly distantly from the shore
of New London, especially in the Pequot Avenue area, and from Avery Point in Groton. You
can get a good view from the Fisher's Island and Block Island
ferries leaving New London.
Station established: 1909
Present lighthouse built: 1909
Automated: 1987
Construction materials: Brick, granite
Height of focal plane: 58 feet
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Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.
Maintained by:
Original optic: Fourth-order Fresnel (now at Custom
House Museum of Maritime History in New London)
Present optic: VRB-25
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- Characteristic: Three white flashes and one red flash
every 30 seconds
- Fog signal: Two blasts every 20 seconds
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