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Penfield Reef Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Connecticut United States on Penfield Reef at the south side of Black Rock Harbor entrance on the Long Island Sound off the coast of Fairfield Connecticut. Constructed in 1874 it was one of the last offshore masonry lights. Most offshore lights built after this were cast iron towers built on cylindrical cast iron foundations.Penfield Reef has been called one of the most treacherous areas of western Long Island Sound.