The museum dates the surviving Five Mile Point lighthouse to 1847 and explains its replacement in navigation by Southwest Ledge.
Evidence, credit & reuse: Linked source consulted in the November 2026 review. Its historical claims retain the attribution stated in the article.
Source: New Haven Museum
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Silent Grounds Collective, Lighthouse Point & Five Mile Point Light, SGC-CT052-052, CT052-S02, “New Haven Museum: Five Mile Point and Southwest Ledge.” Source: New Haven Museum. https://www.newhavenmuseum.org/museum-collections/online-exhibitions/micro-histories/southwest-ledge-lighthouse/. Research edition, accessed 2026-11-09.