Title:
Saybrook's sand bar - A real bar to navigation
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Saybrook's sand bar
Buoys and Lighthouse
Lynde Point lighthouse
Outer Light lighthouse
Buoys and Lighthouse
Lynde Point lighthouse
Outer Light lighthouse
Object ID:
Kim04-052
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
04/02/1991
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Saybrook's sand bar was a formidable obstacle to vessels leaving or entering the long tidal river and kept Saybrook from becoming a port to rival New London, New Haven and New York. In 1773 residents held a lottery to raise money to fix buoys that helped to mark safe navigation into and out of the river. In 1802 a small piece of land was purchased from William Lynde as a site for the Lynde Point lighthouse and in 1875 Congress appropriated funds for dreding and jetties. In 1886, another lighthouse, nicknamed the Outer Light began service.
People:
de Vries, David Pietersz
Deane, Silas
Lynde, William
Woodward, Abishai
Barber, John Warner
Goodspeed, W. H.
Smith, F. Hopkinson
Deane, Silas
Lynde, William
Woodward, Abishai
Barber, John Warner
Goodspeed, W. H.
Smith, F. Hopkinson
Search Terms:
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Lynde Point Lighthouse
Outer Light
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buoys
jetties
dredging
Connecticut River
Lynde Point Lighthouse
Outer Light
lottery
buoys
jetties
dredging