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Five Mile Point Light
Five Mile Point Light, also known as Five Mile Point Lighthouse or Old New Haven Harbor Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, on the harbor entrance to Long Island Sound, five miles (8 km) from Downtown New Haven. Originally in 1805, a octagonal wooden tower was built by Abisha Woodward. In 1847, a new octagonal tower was constructed by Marcus Bassett with East Haven brownstone from Jabez Potter's quarry. The light was powered by 12 lamps with reflectors and was located above sea level. Also constructed was a two-and-one-half story brick house to replace an existing structure in a "very bad state of repair". In 1855, a fourth-order Fresnel lens replaced the lamps, and a fog bell was added in the 1860s. The light was discontinued in 1877 and replaced by the Southwest Ledge Light. The lighthouse is located in Lighthouse Point Park and the light and its keeper's house were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
== History ==
During the American Revolutionary War, the site of the future lighthouse was the scene of a battle. D'Entremont notes, "American riflemen repelled a British attempt to land and invade New Haven. British Ensign and Assistant Adjutant Watkins was killed in the skirmish and was buried close to where the lighthouse now stands." The British would later return and burn the house of Amos Morris that was located nearby. Amos Morris repaired his house and it continues to stand to this day.〔 After Amos Morris died in 1801, his son, Amos Morris Jr., would sell the plot of land for the lighthouse to the government for $100.〔
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