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Frank Brault

Saybrook Point, Old Saybrook, Connecticut USA

"The Lynde Point Light or Lynde Point Lighthouse, also known as Saybrook Inner Lighthouse, is a lighthouse...on the west side of the mouth of the Connecticut River on the Long Island Sound...The first light was a 35 feet (11 m) wooden tower...it was completed in 1803. A new lighthouse was eventually needed and a total of $7,500 was appropriated...to build the new 65-foot (20 m) octagonal brownstone tower. It was constructed in 1838 and lit in 1839. The lighthouse was renovated in 1867 and had its keeper's house from 1833 replaced in 1858 with a Gothic Revival gambrel-roofed wood-frame house. In 1966, the house was torn down and replaced by a duplex house. The original ten lamps were replaced in 1852 with a fourth-order Fresnel lens, and with a fifth-order Fresnel lens in 1890. Lynde Point Lighthouse used whale oil until 1879 when it switched to kerosene. It was electrified in 1955 and fully automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1978. In 1990, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and is significant for its "superior stone work in the tapering brownstone walls". Source: Wikipedia

Olympus OM-D EM-1 ,Olympus M.Zuiko ED 75-300mm f4.8-6.7 II ,Best at original size.
1/800s f/7.1 at 300.0mm iso250 RAW/PP full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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joseantonio21-Aug-2014 16:18
Very nice composition and great information about the place.V.
Tom LeRoy17-Aug-2014 14:40
Interesting history, and fine shot of this historical lighthouse. V
LynnH17-Aug-2014 14:31
Beautiful composition, Frank! Thanks for the interesting information too. V
Jean D17-Aug-2014 03:31
A fine capture of this very historic lighthouse, Frank. ~V
John Lamb16-Aug-2014 21:36
Moody image of the old light-house Frank. Shine your light on me.