Saybrook Breakwater Light

American Lighthouse Art
Saybrook Breakwater Light
Old Saybrook, CT

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Beautiful Giclee Watercolors by Sailor/Artist Al LaBanca

Prints for Sale

7 x 9 matted front/back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$21.00*

11 x 14 matted front/back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35.00*

Custom sizes UP to 18 x 24 - Shipped in tube . . . . . . . . . . . $120.00**

22 x 28 Beautiful Print - Shipped in Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$175.00**

Note Cards: 8 cards/envs. Three (3) Boxes Minimum . . . . $12.00 p/box*

Single boxes of Note Cards may be ordered with your Print order (Postage Free)

Prints signed on request

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10x14, $1000. 12x16, $1500. 15x20, $2000. 18x24, $2500

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These Collector Note Cards of your favorite lighthouse are so vibrant and bright that you will frame them or only send to special friends.

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Eight (4.25x 5.5) cards and envelopes in a clear cover gift box.

Beautiful Giclee Prints

Sample Print Shown with Matting front and back and facts about the light. Acid free paper and superb reproduction. Limited printing. And signed on request.

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Al LaBanca, American Lighthouse Art, Darien, CT

Tel: 203 655-2831

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About Old Saybrook Light

Also known as the "Outer Light", this is the lighthouse you see on Connecticut license
plates!

Built in 1886 at a cost of $20,000, she stands fifty-eight feet tall and shows a
flashing green light every six seconds that is visible for twenty miles. In fog, she
sounds one blast every thirty seconds.

It was understandably tough to get keepers to man this light. Originally, keepers went
out by boat, a very treacherous undertaking, especially in winter. The river currents
run very fast. They added more rocks to make the jetty walkable, but waves made it a
very slippery and it turned to ice in winter. Keepers lasted a little over two years!

During the hurricane of 1938, Keeper Gross and Assistant Keeper Bennett, though fearing for their lives, manned their posts and kept the light going all night while the world around them was being destroyed. An entry in the log the next morning reads:
"Everything swept away by the hurricane except the tower".

Going into the Connecticut River at night, you can use this light as a range light
together with Lynde Point Light, which sits about half a mile north. When these
two lights are in line, you have a clean shot at the channel. Leave these lights to
port and expect some exceptionally fast current!