Angel Island Immigration Station

Year Established:
1886
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1907
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
ca 1915
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
National Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Point Knox / San Francisco Bay
Latitude:
37° 51'10"
Longitude:
122° 26'31"
City / Town:
TIBURON
U.S. State:
California
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Angel Island Immigration Station
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1963
Disposition:
Burned 1963
Year Tower Established:
1886
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
34
Tower Shape:
LANTERN ON FOG SIGNAL BLDG
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
0

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Dual RED LENS LANTERN
Year Original Lens Installed:
1900
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

An immigration station with a fog bell and initially a small post lantern added in 1900 and later replaced by a small tower


Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018