Point Cabrillo Light
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 Point Cabrillo Lighthouse |
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| Location: | Caspar, California |
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| Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
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| Foundation: | Concrete |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Year first lit: | 1909 |
| Automated: | 1973 |
| Tower shape: | Octagonal on fog signal building |
| Markings/Pattern: | white building with red roof, black lens room and roof |
| Height: | 47 ft, 81 ft above sea level |
| Original lens: | Third order Fresnel lens |
| Current lens: | DCB-224 |
| Range: | 22 nm |
| Characteristic: | Flashing white 10s. Emergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. |
Point Cabrillo Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, between Point Arena and Cape Mendocino, just near the community of Caspar.
[edit] History
Point Cabrillo Lighthouse was established in 1909, displaying a 3rd Order Standard Lens and Air Sirens. It is located about 1.5 miles from Fort Bragg, California. With the exception of a small barn all original buildings stand unaltered. In 1935, an air diaphone supertyfone sound signal was installed. The United States Coast Guard manned the station until 1973, when the lens was covered and a modern rotating beacon was mounted on a metal stand on the roof west of the lantern room. In 2002, California State Parks purchased the light station for four million dollars.
In 1991 the light station was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
[edit] External links
- Point Cabrillo Lighthouse and Preserve.
- Point Cabrillo Light Station. Official California State Parks page.
- Lighthouse Friends: Point Cabrillo
Incorporated places: Ukiah (County seat) • Fort Bragg • Point Arena • Willits
Census-designated places: Covelo • Laytonville • Mendocino • Talmage
Other unincorporated communities: Albion • Boonville • Elk • Gualala • Little River • Philo • Redwood Valley • Potter Valley
State parks: Big River • Caspar Headlands • Greenwood Beach • Hendy Woods • Jug Handle • MacKerricher • Maillard Redwoods • Manchester • Mendocino Headlands • Mendocino Woodlands • Montgomory Woods • Navarro River Redwoods • Point Cabrillo • Russian Gulch • Schooner Gulch • Sinkyone Wilderness • Smithe Redwoods • Standish-Hickey • Standley • Van Damme • Westport Union Landing
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