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Stratford Point
State: CT
Year established: 1822
Latitude: 41 deg 9
min 7 sec N
Longitude: 73 deg 6
min 12 sec W
Height above sea level: 52 feet Original construction:
28-foot octagonal wooden tower Rebuilds:
 35-foot brick-lined cast iron white conical tower, brown band midway of height
Status:
automated in 1970; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
two white flashes every 20 seconds visible for 16 nautical miles
More information:
http://www.lighthouse.cc/stratford/index.com
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), pp. 79-80
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 149-152
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