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Southwest Ledge
State: CT
Year established: 1877
Latitude: 41 deg 14
min 4 sec N
Longitude: 72 deg 54
min 44 sec W
Height above sea level: 57 feet Original construction:
present 45-foot cast-iron light atop octagonal house, on black cylindrical pier
Status:
automated in 1953; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
flashing red every 5 seconds visible for 13 nautical miles; fog signal 1 blast every 15 seconds
More information:
 http://lighthouse.cc/southwestledge/index.html
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), pp. 77
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 143-146
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