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MATAGORDA ISLAND LIGHT

State: TEXAS
Location: MATAGORDA ISLAND / MATAGORDA BAY
Nearest City: PORT O'CONNOR
County: CALHOUN
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1852

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1852
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: 199?-1999
Automated: 1959
Foundation Materials: STONE/BRICK/CONCRETE
Construction Materials: CAST IRON PLATE/BRICK LINING
Markings/Patterns: BLACK
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 79
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1852
Present Optic: 250 MM, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1977
Height of Focal Plane: 90
Fresnel Lens Disposition: OLD LENS AT CALHOUN COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN PORT LAVACA
Has tower been moved? YES, 1873

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DISMANTLED)

Year Constructed: 1886
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials:

Other Structures: NONE SURVIVE

Current Use: STATE PARK

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO MATAGORDA ISLAND STATE PARK

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #84001624
Name of Listing: MATAGORDA ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1984

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 01 2002 12:05:02 pm EDT
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