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Friday, January 25, 2013

Lighthouses of California: LIME POINT LIGHT

Photo by Jef Poskanzer

LIME POINT LIGHT

State: CALIFORNIA
Location: SAN FRANCISCO BAY ENTRANCE
Nearest City: SAUSALITO
County: SAN FRANCISCO
U.S.C.G. District: 11
Year Station Established: 1883
Lime Point Light
NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1997
Existing Historic Tower:
  • Year Light First Lit: 1900 
  • Is the Light Operational? YES 
  • Date Deactivated: N/A 
  • Automated: 1961 
  • Foundation Materials: MOUNTED ON WALL OF SIGNAL BLDG 
  • Construction Materials: BRICK 
  • Markings/Patterns: WHITE 
  • Shape: SQUARE 
  • Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE 
  • Tower Height: 20 
  • Original Optic: 300 MM (ACETYLENE) 
  • Year Original Lens Installed: 1900 
  • Present Optic: 250 MM, SOLAR POWERED 
  • Year Present Lens Installed: 
  • Height of Focal Plane: 33 
  • Fresnel Lens Disposition: 
  • Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
  • 1. Construction Date: 
  • Description: 
  • Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
  • Year Constructed: 1883 
  • Construction Materials: MASONRY 
  • Architectural Style: 
  • Fog Signal Type: HORN/DUAL WHISTLES
United States Coast Guard
Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (RAZED AFTER 1961)

Other Structures:

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

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

Miscellaneous:

ORIGINALLY A FOG SIGNAL STATION, POST LIGHT ADDED 1900

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