Type:
Year Established:
1855
Existing:
Yes
Download:
PtLomaLH old by Ralph Eshelman.jpeg (539.43 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Credit:
Ralph Eshelman
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
CABRILLO NATIONAL MONUMENT
Latitude:
32° 40.18'
Longitude:
117° 14.24'
City / Town:
SAN DIEGO
U.S. State:
California
Location County:
SAN DIEGO
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1891
Year Tower Established:
1855
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
462
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
46
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1855
Keeper's Quarters Style:
CAPE COD
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
SANDSTONE ON COBBLE
Other Structures:
CISTERN
OPTICS
Current Optic:
THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Original Optic Type:
THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1855
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017