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As a result, the lighthouse was moved to its current location at 124 feet (38 m) above sea level in 1877. To access the new site, a 118-foot (36 m) long tunnel was hand carved through hard rock. [4] The lighthouse had the first fog signal on the West Coast, in the form of a 24-pounder siege gun.
In 1949, the tunnel was known locally as the Funston Avenue tunnel, taking its name from the approach. [17] Other residents would call it the Park Presidio approach. [ 18 ] Caltrans currently has two official names for the tunnel, which is designated 34-0016 under the National Bridge Inventory .
Point Bonita Lighthouse Suspension Bridge Extamt Suspension: 1954 2011 Point Bonita Lighthouse access Pacific Ocean: Sausalito: Marin: CA-2291: Steamboat Slough Bridge: Extant Strauss bascule: 1924 2002 SR 160: Steamboat Slough
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The Nantucket Lightship was launched in 1950 and put into service in 1951 as the San Francisco Lightship, 8.6 miles offshore of the Point Bonita Lighthouse and the Golden Gate where it was in service until 1969.
A woman on TikTok has gained notoriety for an unusual home improvement project: digging a tunnel that is 30 feet long and 20 feet deep under her suburban home.
A secret tunnel discovered last week on the U.S.-Mexico border will be sealed by Mexican authorities, an army official in Ciudad Juarez said Saturday. The tunnel, discovered on Jan. 10, connects ...
Fort Mason Tunnel; Fort Miley Military Reservation; Fort Point National Historic Site; Forts Baker, Barry, and Cronkhite ... Point Bonita Lighthouse; Presidio of San ...