Piedras Blancas Light
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| Location: | San Simeon bay, California |
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| Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
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| Foundation: | Masonry |
| Construction: | Brick |
| Year first lit: | 1879 (current tower) |
| Year first constructed: | 1875 |
| Automated: | 1975 |
| Tower shape: | Conical with flat top |
| Markings/Pattern: | white |
| Height: | 74 ft, 142 feet above sea level |
| Original lens: | First order bivalve Fresnel lens |
| Current lens: | VRB-25 |
| Range: | 21 nm |
| Characteristic: | Flashing white 10s |
Piedras Blancas Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, on the northern entrance to San Simeon bay, California. It is an active private aid to navigation, i.e. it is maintaned but not by the United States Coast Guard.
[edit] History
The first-order Fresnel lens on the 115-foot Piedras Blancas Lighthouse was first illuminated in 1875. In 1949, a storm damaged the lantern room, and the lens, lantern room, ornate railing, and the upper portion of the tower were removed, reducing the height of the tower to 74 feet. The Coast Guard staffed the lighthouse until 1975, when the tower was automated and the station unmanned.
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