Type:
Year Established:
1854
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
LOCATION
Location:
Clopper's Bar, in Galveston Bay
City / Town:
Galveston
U.S. State:
Texas
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1880
Disposition:
Discontinued 1880; Destroyed in 1900 Storm
Year Tower Established:
1854
Tower Construction Material:
Wood
Tower Foundation:
Screwpile with Platform
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
38
Tower Shape:
Square
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1854
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
Wood
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
6th Order
Year Original Lens Installed:
1854
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
Identical to the Redfish Bar and Halfmoon Shoal Light Stations, the Clopper's Bar Light Station was built in 1854 to help mariners navigate what was then a particularly difficult journey into the Galveston Harbor. Built on screwpiles and painted all white, Clopper's Bar was fairly regular for its time, and held a fifth order Fresnel lens. Eventually, channel improvements rendered the lighthouse useless to navigation, and it was discontinued in April of 1880. The lighthouse was listed as a daymark as late as 1888.