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Stonington Harbor Light

Stonington, Connecticut

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Stonington Harbor Light
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Location: East side of Stonington Harbor

Nearest town: Stonington

41 19 43 N
71 54 20 W

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Accessibility: Lighthouse is now a museum - click here for hours and directions.

Station established: 1823. Present lighthouse built: 1840. Discontinued: 1889

Construction material: Granite

Height of tower: 35 feet. Focal plane: 62 feet.

Earlier optic: Sixth-order Fresnel (1856). Present optic: None

Lighthouse converted to museum in 1925. Maintained by:

Stonington Historical Society
P.O. Box 103
Stonington, CT 06378
(860) 535-1440

Related sites

Mystic Country, CT

Town of Stonington Homepage

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