California Lighthouses


New Point Loma Lighthouse, California

POINT LOMA LIGHT (NEW)

State: CALIFORNIA
Location: SOUTHERN END OF POINT LOMA
Nearest City: SAN DIEGO
County: SAN DIEGO
U.S.C.G. District: 11
Year Station Established: 1891

Point Loma Light (New)

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1891
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1973
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: STEEL
Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SKELETAL W/CYLINDER
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 70
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1891
Present Optic: UNKNOWN
Year Present Lens Installed: ?
Height of Focal Plane: 88
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ON LOAN FROM USCG TO CABRILLO NATIONAL PARK
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): (SEE POINT LOMA (OLD))

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN AT BASE OF TOWER

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1891
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: MISSION REVIVAL
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME

Other Structures: BARN, RADIOBEACON, CISTERN W/WATER-CATCHMENT APRON

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/COAST GUARD HOUSING

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY)

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:


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