Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Hawaii Lighthouses--Kilauea Point Light

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KILAUEA POINT LIGHT

State: HAWAII
Location: NORTH OF KILAUEA/KAUAI ISLAND
Nearest City: AMALU
County: KAUAI
U.S.C.G. District: 14
Year Station Established: 1913

Photo courtesy of Ted Smith, November 2002

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1913
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1976
Automated: 1976
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: CONCRETE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED ROOF ON LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 52
Original Optic: SECOND ORDER FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1913
Present Optic: SECOND ORDER FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1913
Height of Focal Plane: 216
Fresnel Lens Disposition: INACTIVE SECOND ORDER FRESNEL IN LANTERN ROOM

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? YES

Year Tower Constructed: 1976
Type: POLE
Tower Height:
Height of Focal Plane: 174
Current Optic: Year Installed:

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1913
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials: LOCAL STONE

Other Structures: 2 ASST KEEPERS, 3 GARAGES, 3 CISTERNS, 1 OIL STORAGE BLDG, 1 RADIOBEACON ELECTRONICS BLDG (1929 RADIOBEACON TORN DOWN W/AUTOMATION)

Current Use: NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Owner/Manager: U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #79000759
Name of Listing: KILAUEA POINT LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1974

Miscellaneous:
HAWAII'S LANDFALL LIGHT ON THE ORIENT RUN; LIGHT CURRENTLY DISPLAYED ON MODULAR TOWER ADJACENT TO ORIGINAL LIGHTHOUSE; DAMAGED IN 1992 HURRICANE INIKI; REFUGE REOPENED IN 1996

Last Modified: Thu, Dec 12 2002 2:51:02 pm EDT
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