Santa Cruz Breakwater Light

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Santa Cruz Breakwater Light
Location: Santa Cruz Harbor, California
Coordinates
WGS-84 (GPS)
Latitude: 36.9604

Longitude: -122.0023

Construction: Reinforced Concrete
Year first lit: 2001
Year first constructed: 2001
Height: 42 ft
Original lens: order Fresnel lens
Characteristic: green light occulting every 4 s

Santa Cruz Breakwater Lighthouse, also known as Walton Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in California, United States, on the Santa Cruz Harbor, California. It is known as Walton Lighthouse beacause Charles Walton, a local businessman, contributed a significant part of the cost in memory of his late brother Derek Walton, who was a merchant seaman.