Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Significant Unmanned Aids--Lahaina Light

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Significant Unmanned Lights

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LAHAINA LIGHT

State: HAWAII
Location: AUAU CHANNEL / MAUI ISLAND
Nearest City: LAHAINA
County: MAUI
U.S.C.G. District: 14
Year Station Established: 1840

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1917
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated:
Automated: 1917
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: PYRAMIDAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 45
Original Optic:ACETYLENE
Year Original Lens Installed: 1917
Present Optic: VRB-25
Year Present Lens Installed: 1996
Height of Focal Plane: 44
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1844
Description: WOODEN STRUCTURE, SMALL SECONDARY LIGHT
Fate/Disposition:

2. Construction Date: 1866 & 1905
Description: WOODEN STRUCTURES WITH SMALL SECONDARY LIGHTS
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO

Other Structures:

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? YES

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE Reference #
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Fri, Dec 06 2002 1:44:02 pm EDT
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