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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.
A. ^ Ballast Point Light was moved in 1960 to the bell tower which had served as a fog signal building as the 1890 tower had been declared unsafe. The light shone from the top of the bell tower until 1961 when it was replaced by an offshore light.
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 ...
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).
The Point Cabrillo Lighthouse complex is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Mendocino, California, and includes the lighthouse itself together with several outbuildings. Most of the original structures remain, but the barn is missing: in 1986 it was destroyed in a fire department exercise. [ 6 ]
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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.
The need for a lighthouse at Point San Luis was recognized as early as 1867. In that year, President Andrew Johnson directed by Executive Order the Department of the Interior to investigate the logistics of placing a lighthouse at that location. In the 1870s, Port Harford was quite busy, averaging 400 ships per year arriving at that location ...