State: CALIFORNIA
Location: BETWEEN POINT ARENA & CAPE MENDOCINO
Nearest City: MENDOCINO
County: MENDOCINO
U.S.C.G. District: 11
Year Station Established: 1909
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| Photo By Jef Poskanzer |
NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 1992
Existing Historic Tower:
Year Light First Lit: 1909
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1973
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE BLDG/RED ROOF/BLK LENS ROOM & ROOF
Shape: OCTAGONAL ON FOG SIGNAL BLDG
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 47
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1909
Present Optic: DCB-224 ON SIGNAL BLDG ROOF
Year Present Lens Installed: 1969
Height of Focal Plane: 84
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ENGLISH ROTATING "BULLSEYE" (CHANCE BROS. FRESNEL) LENS IN LANTERN
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
