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| Point Cabrillo Light |
Point Cabrillo Lighthouse |
| Location: |
Caspar, California |
Coordinates
WGS-84 (GPS) |
39°20′54″N, 123°49′33″W |
| Year first lit: |
1909 |
| Automated: |
1973 |
| Foundation: |
Concrete |
| Construction: |
Wood |
| 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 Light is a lighthouse in northern California, United States, between Point Arena and Cape Mendocino, just south of the community of Caspar. It should not be confused with the Point Loma Lighthouse, in San Diego, California, which lies within Cabrillo National Monument and is also sometimes called the Cabrillo lighthouse.
[edit] History
Point Cabrillo is named after the Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, although Cabrillo's voyage of exploration along the California coast did not reach as far north as the point.
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.
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