SW end of east breakwater at entrance to New Haven Harbor, New Haven, Connecticut. County/parish: New Haven.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 29, 1990. NRIS 89001475.
Part of Operating Lighthouses in Connecticut MPS (NRIS 64500080).
1 contributing structure.
Southwest Ledge Light is an active lighthouse marking the main entrance channel to the harbor of New Haven, Connecticut. Completed in 1877, it was one of the first to be built on a cylindrical iron foundation, an innovation by Maj. George H. Elliot to address shifting ice that is regarded to be very important in lighthouse design. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 as Southwest Ledge Lighthouse.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132353502