Trinidad Head Light

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Trinidad Head Light
Location: Trinidad Harbour, California
Coordinates
WGS-84 (GPS)
Latitude: 41.0518

Longitude: -124.1514

Construction: brick
Year first lit: 1871
Year first constructed: 1871
Automated: 1974
Tower shape: Square Pyramidal
Height: 25 ft
Original lens: Fourth order Fresnel lens
Current lens: 375 MM optic
Characteristic: white light occulted every 4 s

Trinidad Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, in Trinidad Harbour, California

[edit] History

Trinidad Head Lighthouse was built on the Trinidad Harbour in 1871. In 1947, the lens was changed from the fourth order Fresnel lens to a to a 375 MM optic. The lighthouse was automated by the Coast Guard in 1974.