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The first European to record Point Arena was Spaniard Bartolomé Ferrer in 1543, who named it Cabo de Fortunas ("cape of fortunes"). in 1775, lieutenant Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (commander of the schooner Sonora) renamed the cape Punta Delgado ("narrow point") during a royal expedition chartered by the Viceroyalty of New Spain to map the north coast of Alta California.
C. ^ Parts of the old structure now have separate owners, today an automated beacon is in active service. D. ^ Light moved to a pole. E. ^ Old Point Loma Light was built a few months after the lighthouse at Point Pinos making it the second oldest in the state still standing.
Today this building has been changed once again, and now serves as a museum. It holds the original lens of the New Point Loma lighthouse as well as maps and more information about Point Loma and its history. [8] While in operation the lighthouse had the highest elevation of any lighthouse in the United States. [9]
California Department of Parks and Recreation (2002). Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park. Sacramento, CA: California State Parks. OCLC 56543458. Perry, Frank (1986). The history of Pigeon Point Lighthouse. Soquel, CA: GBJ Pub. ISBN 978-0-943896-02-1. Perry, Frank (Spring 1999).
A lighthouse was assigned to Point Reyes in 1855, but construction was delayed for fifteen years because of a dispute between the United States Lighthouse Board and the landowners over a fair price for the land. The lighthouse is a sixteen sided, 37-foot (11 m) tower, and a twin of Cape Mendocino Light. The first-order Fresnel lens was first ...
The coast off Point Sur Lighthouse was the location of the sinking of the United States Navy airship USS Macon (ZRS-5) in 1935. The Lighthouse Service was absorbed into the Coast Guard in 1939, and Point Sur Lighthouse became the property of the Coast Guard. The lightstation was automated in the late 1960s, and in 1974 ceased to have a light ...
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Original 1874 Lighthouse by Paul J. Pelz, USCG photo. Point Hueneme Light is a 48-foot-high (15 m), buff-colored 1940 Art Deco style tower on a fog-signal building on the Santa Barbara Channel at the Port of Hueneme. The original lighthouse was completed in 1874 at Point Hueneme [4] after the construction of a 900-foot-long wharf (270 m) in 1872.