is a
Lighthouse in
Connecticut ,
United States , on the west side of
Bridgeport Harbor entrance and north side of
Long Island Sound ,
Bridgeport ,
Connecticut
The original lighthouse was built in 1851. It was an octagonal tower with a fixed red light from a sixth order
Fresnel Lens on the top of a box light structure on iron piles. There were no keeper’s quarters. In 1871, a replacement lighthouse was built. It was a wooden dwelling with the tower attached to the roof and had a fourth order lens. The
United States Coast Guard replaced the lighthouse with a
Skeletal Tower in 1953. While dismantling the lighthouse, it caught fire and was destroyed.
