Puerto Ferro

Year Established:
1899
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1905
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society

LOCATION

Location:
SOUTH SHORE VIEQUES ISLAND
Latitude:
18° 05.54'
Longitude:
65° 25.26'
City / Town:
ISLA DE VIEQUES
U.S. State:
Puerto Rico
Location County:
ISLA DE VIEQUES
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

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

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1926
Year Tower Established:
1899
Tower Construction Material:
STONE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
68
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
38
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL W/OUT LANTERN
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1896
Keeper's Quarters Style:
NEOCLASSICAL
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
STONE
Other Structures:
BRICK WELL & CISTERN

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Current Optic:
REMOVED (NO LANTERN)
Original Optic Type:
Third ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1899
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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