- Greens Ledge
- 1902. Active; focal plane 62 ft (19 m); flash every 12 s, alternating
red and white. 52 ft (17 m) round sparkplug
cast iron tower with lantern and double gallery, incorporating 3-story
keeper's quarters and mounted on a concrete caisson; solar-powered
VRB-25 lens. Fog horn (two 2 s blasts every 20 s). Lower half of
the tower painted brown, upper half and lantern white. A 2022 photo is at right, Anderson has a good page
for the lighthouse, Trabas has a 2010 closeup by Michael Boucher, another 2022 photo is available, and Bing has a satellite view. The Coast Guard wasn't able to find a preservation
group interested in taking responsibility for this lighthouse but in 2015 it became available
for transfer under NHLPA.
Officials in the Rowayton district of Norwalk considered applying for ownership but did not do so. In June 2016 the lighthouse was placed at auction by the General Services Administration and in September it was sold for $130,000 to two Rowayton residents, Brendan McGee and Tim Pettee. The new owners have formed the Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society to manage the restoration of the lighthouse, and they hope eventually to open it to the public. In May 2018 they announced that they had raised $1.5 million and would proceed with a project to build a dock and stabilize the structure. This work was completed in 2019. The group raised $2 million locally and restored the lighthouse in 2021-22. Public tours began in September 2022. In 2024 the lighthouse also became available for a limited number of overnight stays, at a steep rate that includes a contribution to the maintenance of the lighthouse. Located on a reef southwest of Sheffield Island. Accessible only
by boat. Visible from the Sheffield Island passenger
ferry. Site open, tower open only to guided tours. Owner/site manager: Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society
.
ARLHS USA-355; Admiralty J0866; USCG 1-21340.
Stamford Lighthouses
- Stamford is a city of about 135,000 residents located about 35 mi (56 km) northeast of Manhattan, New York City. The city is at the head of a broad bay, its entrance protected by breakwaters.
Stamford Harbor Ledge (Chatham Rocks)
- 1882. Reactivated (inactive 1953-1985, now privately maintained); focal
plane 80 ft (24.5 m); white flash every 4 s. 60 ft (18 m) round sparkplug cast iron tower with lantern and double gallery, incorporating 3-story keeper's
quarters and mounted on a concrete and cast iron caisson; 200 mm lens. Lighthouse
and lantern painted white, caisson red. Christian Clarke's 2023 photo is at right, Anderson has a page for the lighthouse, Trabas has a 2010 closeup by Michael Boucher, Sean Monaghan has a 2021 drone view, Marinas.com
has aerial
photos, Huelse has a historic postcard
view, and Bing has an aerial view. After being deactivated the lighthouse was sold no less than
four times, reverting three times to the government when owners failed
to meet their obligations to maintain and restore the tower. The lighthouse
was finally renovated in the mid 1980s by the fourth owner, Erik Spektor,
a bank executive who paid $230,000 for the light in 1984. In 1996 the
lighthouse was for
sale for $1.1 million, but it was taken off the market when Spektor
passed away in 1998. His son Alex now owns the lighthouse and hopes to sell it to someone who can restore and maintain it. As of 2020 it was on sale for $1.595 million. Endangered. Local residents reported at that time that the lighthouse was in very poor condition both inside and outside. In 2023 the lighthouse was purchased by Gary Kalan of Stamford and Brendan McGee of Norwalk; they launched the Stamford Harbor Lighthouse Project. They are raisung funds for they expect will be a $4.5 million restoration project. An engineering study is the first step toward restoration, and in November 2023 they asked for state permssion to atttach a temporary floating dock to the lighthouse. In 2024 the lighthouse ws secured and debris removed. Structural restoration was beginning in 2025. Located on
a reef outside the detached middle breakwater at the entrance to Stamford Harbor, about 0.8 mi (1250 m) west
southwest of Shippan Point. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower
closed. Owner/site manager: Stamford Harbor Lighthouse Project
. ARLHS USA-807; Admiralty J0890; USCG
1-25195.
- * [Stamford Range Rear]
- Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); red light, 3 s on, 3 s off, intensified on the range line. 12 m (39 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower. Trabas has a 2010 photo, Richard McLoughlin has a street view, and Google has an indistinct satellite view. The front light is on a shorter skeletal tower. Located overlooking the harbor at the southern tip of Kosciuszko Park in Stamford. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty J0896.1; USCG
1-25235.
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Greens Ledge Light, Sheffield, March 2022
Instagram photo by savegreensledge

Stamford Harbor Light, Stamford, August 2023
Google Maps photo by Christian Clarke
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