Landmarks & Historical Buildings in Old Saybrook, CT

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A lightthat’shardto seeThe Old Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse was completed in 1888 and was built to replace the much older lighthouse at Lynde Point. It’s a very typical lighthouse for this period and stands 48 feet tall and is constructed of brick and cast iron. These lights are frequently called bug lights…

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Old Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse

LightshurricanesandKatharineThe Connecticut River is a huge and impressive river but the towns on the mouth never really developed into the large trading communities that you would expect. The main reason for this is because of the treacherous and ever shifting sandbars that guard the mouth of the river.The…

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Lynde Point Lighthouse

Masters and JohnsonSears and RoebuckSimon and GarfunkleSay and Brooke!Historical nuggets from this plaque include:1) The town today known as Old Saybrook goes way back to 1635.2) It was originally known as Say-Brooke; named for a Mr. Say and a Mr. Brooke.3) Say-Brooke was the first settlement on the South…