PENFIELD REEF LIGHT
(National Parks Service)

         
photo courtesy of Ted Smith 2002

State: CONNECTICUT
Location: BLACK ROCK HARBOR ENTRANCE / LONG ISLAND SOUND
Nearest City: FAIRFIELD
County: FAIRFIELD U.S.C.G.
District: 1 Year Station Established: 1874

Existing Historic Tower:

• Year Light First Lit: 1874
• Is the Light Operational? YES
• Date Deactivated: N/A
• Automated: 1971
• Foundation Materials: GRANITE CAISSON
• Construction Materials: WOOD/GRANITE
• Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
• Shape: OCTAGONAL
• Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
• Tower Height: 35
• Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
• Year Original Lens Installed: 1874
• Present Optic: DCB-24
• Year Present Lens Installed:
• Height of Focal Plane: 51
• Fresnel Lens Disposition:
• Has tower been moved? NO Previous Tower(s):
N/A Modern Tower? NO Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
• Fog Signal Type: DABOLL TRUMPET/ORIG. BELL Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
• Year Constructed: 1874
• Number of Stories: 2
• Architectural Style: SECOND EMPIRE
• Construction Materials: GRANITE (INTEGRAL)
Other Structures: BOAT LANDING
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? NO