Bridgeport Harbor Light

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  1. Harrison states that a local lighthouse lover brought the lighthouse and planned to move it ashore and writes that it burned during the dismantling. [8] This account is different from D'Entremont, who details the purchaser as the Fairfield Dock Company, the proposed move and the later decision to scrap it. [4]

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Bridgeport Harbor Light
Location Fairfield County, Connecticut, US
Coordinates 41°09′24″N73°10′48″W / 41.1567°N 73.18°W / 41.1567; -73.18
Tower
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Constructionconcrete (foundation), metal (tower)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Height52 ft (16 m)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Shapesquare skeletal tower with light [1] [2]
Markingssquare (green)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Power sourcesolar power  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Operator United States Coast Guard   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Light
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Characteristic Q G  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
1871 light OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Early picture postcard of the lighthouse
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Shapeoctagonal tower atop keeper's house
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First litNovember 1871  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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