Roe Island

Year Established:
1891
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1907
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1924
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives

LOCATION

Location:
Suisun Bay
Latitude:
38° 04'0"
Longitude:
122° 01'37"
City / Town:
BAY POINT
U.S. State:
California
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

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

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1945
Disposition:
Damaged in Port Chicago Explosion in 1944, Razed 1945
Year Tower Established:
1891
Tower Foundation:
PILE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
41
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1891
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
CARPENTER SHOP, wharf, Fog-signal, oil house, windmill. 1892 earthquake cracked levee

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1891
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018