GUANICA

Year Established:
1889
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
Guanica PR.jpg (9.97 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Courtesy of:
UUS Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
POINT MESETA/SOUTH SHORE
Latitude:
17° 57.10'
Longitude:
66° 54.13'
City / Town:
GUANICA
U.S. State:
Puerto Rico
Location County:
GUANICA
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

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

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1950
Year Tower Established:
1889
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK & CEMENT BLOCKS
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
117
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
32
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL W/OUT LANTERN
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1889
Keeper's Quarters Style:
NEOCLASSICAL
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK/CEMENT BLOCK

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1889
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

Currently a ruin.


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