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Great Captain Island Light, Great Captain Island, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT
Summary
Significance: Great Captain Island Lighthouse is significant as an example of lighthouse construction techniques of the period immediately following the Civil War. Among its distinctive characteristics are standardized design, with combined masonry dwelling and cast iron tower. The lighthouse is also significant for tis role in the historical development of commercial navigation on Long Island Sound and the maritime heritage of Connecticut's southwestern corner.
Survey number: HAER CT-182
Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1970 Subsequent Work
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
U.S. Lighthouse Board
Public Archeology Laboratory, Incorporated, contractor
Zambernardi, Leah J, field team
Adams, Virginia H, project manager
Meyer, Lauren, transmitter
Brewster, Robert, photographer
Kierstead, Matthew A, historian
Location
connecticut, 40.98269, -73.62308
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
