Cabras Island Light
 1916 | |
  Isla Cabras Lighthouse | |
| Location | Ceiba, Puerto Rico |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 18°12′42″N 65°36′0″W / 18.21167°N 65.60000°WCoordinates: 18°12′42″N 65°36′0″W / 18.21167°N 65.60000°W |
| Year first lit | 1902 |
| Automated | 1931 |
| Construction | Stone |
| Tower shape | Cylindrical attached to a square house |
| Markings / pattern | Natural"Turret" |
| Original lens | Sixth-order Fresnel 1902 |
Isla Cabras Light, also known as Faro de Isla Cabras, was a lighthouse located in an island in the Vieques Passage near Ceiba, Puerto Rico. It is the only lighthouse completely built and planned by the U.S. government in Puerto Rico.[1][2] The light was first lit on 1902.[3] The building was a small two-story gray stone structure with a cylindrical tower on one corner supporting a black lantern room. Its original lens was a sixth-order Fresnel lens.
Cabras Island is located in the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station. The small island separates the entrance of Puerca Bay, a small open-mouth bay and the Ensenada Honda harbor. The island is connected to the mainland by a causeway. In 1965 the light was replaced by a range light called "Vieques Southwest Channel Range Front Light".[4] The original structure was destroyed in 1966.
Gallery
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Missing the black lantern room, January 16, 1946
References
- ↑ "Out of the past: Cabras Island Puerto Rico". Lighthouse Digest. April 2005. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
- ↑ "Acerca de los Faros" (in Spanish). Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Puerto Rico". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ↑ "Puerto Rico, Chapter 13, Coast Guard Pilot 5". Nautical Charts NOAA. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
