CULEBRITA ISLAND

Year Established:
1886
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Credit:
D. Smith
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
VIRGIN PASSAGE/ANTILLES ISLAND
Latitude:
18° 18.56'
Longitude:
65° 13.40'
City / Town:
CULEBRITA ISLAND
U.S. State:
Puerto Rico
Location County:
CULEBRA
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. CULEBRITA ISLAND
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1886
Tower Construction Material:
STONE
Tower Foundation:
STONE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
305
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
37
Tower Shape:
CYLINDRICAL
Tower Daymark:
Tan and Red
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1886
Keeper's Quarters Style:
INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
STONE

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
190 MM
Original Optic Type:
3.5 ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1886
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

Currently a ruin.


Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017