| Brazos River Light |
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| Nearest Town or City: | Velasco Texas United States |
| Location: | Entrance to Brazos River, Gulf of Mexico. |
| Notes: | This lighthouse was purchased by a chemical company in 1967 and subsequently destroyed. The lantern room and lens are on display at the Brazoria County Historical Museum in downtown Angleton. See www.bchm.org for details on the museum. |
| Tower Height: | 96 |
| Description Tower: | Iron pyramdial skeletal tower with central cylinder. |
| Operational: | No |
| Date Established: | 1896 |
| Current Use: | Destroyed. |
| Optics: | 1896: 3 1/2 order Fresnel lens, now at Brazoria County Historical Museum. |
| Height Focal Plane: | 99 |
| National Register: | No |
| Keepers: | H.W. Hawes (1896-1902), M. C. Brockenbrough (1902-1912), Joseph Brockenbrough (1912-1914), George Lewis (Coast Guard, 1944-1946), James Goodson (Coast Guard, ?-1944 and 1946-1954) |
| State: | Texas |
| Country: | United States |
| Date Deactivated: | 1967 |






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