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Nearest Town or City:
Groton, Connecticut, United States
Location: East side of New London Harbor
entrance, Long Island Sound. |
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Photo:
Jeremy D'Entremont
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Managing Organization:
Avery Point Lighthouse Society
Website:
http://www.averypointlight.com
Email: JIMSTREETR@aol.com
Contact Address Information:
64 Pleasant St.
Groton, CT 06340
United States
Notes:
This tower was built when the Coast Guard occupied the site.
It is now on the Avery Point Campus of the University of
Connecticut. The Avery Point Lighthouse Society, a chapter of
the American Lighthouse Foundation, is working for the
complete restoration of the tower. Restoration began in the
fall of 2003 and will probably be completed in 2005.
Tower Height: 41
Height of Focal Plane: 55
Characteristic and Range:
Formerly flashing white, later flashing green.
Description of Tower:
Octagonal brown concrete tower with wooden lantern.
Listed on the Lighthouse Digest
Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1944
Date Present Tower Built:
1943
Date Deactivated: 1967
Current Use: Memorial tower on college
campus
Open To Public? Grounds
only.
Directions:
Leave I-95 at exit 87, CT 349, the Clarence B. Sharp Highway.
Turn right at the second traffic light onto Rainville Avenue.
Turn left at the next light onto Benham Road. Continue
straight approximately 1.7 miles to the Avery Point Campus of
the University of Connecticut. Take the second entrance onto
the campus. Continue straight to the waterfront. Parking is
available immediately in front of the Project Oceanology
building. The Avery Point tower is a short walk downhill from
there. Project Oceanolgy offers periodic tours of New London
Ledge Lighthouse; call (860) 364-8472 for details. The Fishers
Island Ferry and Block Island Ferry out of New London offer
distant views of Avery Point Light.
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