Fourth order Fresnel lens (original), VRB-25[3] (current)
Range
15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic
three white flashes separated by 5 s, 10 s off, red flash, 10 s off
New London Ledge Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Built
1909 (1909)
Built by
T.A. Scott Company (foundation) Hamilton R. Douglas Company (structure)
Architectural style
Second Empire
MPS
Operating Lighthouses in Connecticut MPS
NRHP reference No.
89001471[4]
Added to NRHP
May 29, 1990
New London Ledge Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Thames River in the U.S. state of Connecticut, at the mouth of New London Harbor. It was built in 1909 in the Second Empire style and was automated in 1987. In 1990, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The lighthouse is owned and maintained by the New London Maritime Society as part of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act program.[5]
^Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Connecticut". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
^Connecticut Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 21 June 2016
^New London Ledge Lighthouse Archived 2016-07-08 at the Wayback Machine New England Lighthouses. Retrieved 21 June 2016
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^Smith, Greg (August 6, 2015). "New London Maritime Society takes over as New London Ledge Light owner". The New London Day.
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