Molokai (Kalaupapa)

Year Established:
1909
Existing:
Yes
Source:
Lighthouse Friends
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2011
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
KALAUPAPA PENINSULA/NORTH SHORE
Latitude:
21° 12.45'
Longitude:
156° 58.2'
City / Town:
KALAUPAPA
U.S. State:
Hawaii
Location County:
KALAWAO
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
Yes
Light List Data:
  1. Molokai (Kalaupapa)
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1909
Tower Construction Material:
CONCRETE
Tower Foundation:
MASONRY
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
213
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
138
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1909
Keeper's Quarters Style:
BUNGALOW
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
VOLCANIC ROCK
Other Structures:
WOODEN STORAGE BUILDING, 2ND CONCRETE KEEPERS QUARTERS (1951), WOODEN WORKSHOP, WOODEN GENERATOR BUILDING, CONCRETE WATER TANK, CONCRETE OIL HOUSE, CONCRETE FOUNDATION FOR OIL TANK, CONCRETE WALKS AND STEPS, ROCK WALLS

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
DCB-24
Original Optic Type:
SECOND ORDER BIVALVE, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1909
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017