26169. (photo) Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse, Connecticut c.1968
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26169. (photo) Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse, Connecticut c.1968
- (photo) Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse, Connecticut c.1968. Extremely clear, close b/w photograph of the caisson style Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse, Connecticut. In the 1870s two parallel stone jetties were built protecting the harbor of Old Saybrook and a deep channel was dredged between them. Saybrook Breakwater Light was first lighted at the end of the west jetty on June 15, 1886. The 49-foot cast-iron tower has a basement, four main floors, a watchroom and a lantern room. More stones were eventually added to the breakwater making it possible to walk to the lighthouse, but waves washed over the rocks and in the winter the breakwater was often covered with ice. On the afternoon of September 21, 1938, Keeper Sidney watched as a light southeast breeze sprung up from a perfect calm. As the skies darkened and the winds increased, Keeper Gross and Assistant Keeper Bennett attempted to secure the station. By 4:00 p.m. the bridge from the lighthouse to the breakwater was swept away, as were the platform around the lighthouse and a rowboat. The two keepers boarded up the window to the engine room, but the waves smashed right through and flooded the room. The keepers stayed in the lantern room all through the night of what would be forever remembered as the Hurricane of ’38. They kept the light going even as they feared that the lighthouse wouldn’t last the night. In the morning Gross surveyed the damage and entered in the log: “Everything swept away by hurricane except the tower.” Saybrook Breakwater Light was automated in 1959 and it continues to flash a green light as an active aid to navigation. Close view provides great detail of the tower and fog horns as a Coast Guardsman makes repairs on the lower gallery. Clean, light wear. Labeled on back Photo Researchers print “a Carr” , Summer 1968… (VG). $32.