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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Tower Height: 35
Height of Focal Plane: 52
Description of Tower: Lantern on roof of keeper's quarters.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Integral 2.5 story brick and cast iron keeper's quarters on cast iron and concrete caisson.
Date Established: 1905
Date Present Tower Built: 1905
Date Automated: 1962
Optics: 1905: Fourth order Fresnel lens, now 375 mm solar powered optic.
Fog Signal: Originally bell, now automated horn.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
Accessible by boat only.
Keepers: Jim Van Vranken (Coast Guard, c. 1959-1962)
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