Inventory of Historic Light Stations--California Lighthouses--Punta Gorda Light

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PUNTA GORDA LIGHT

State: CALIFORNIA
Location: 12 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO
Nearest City: PETROLIA
County: HUMBOLDT
U.S.C.G. District: 11
Year Station Established: 1911

1998 photo courtesy of Bureau of Land Management.

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1912
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1951
Automated:
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 27
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, BULLSEYE
Year Original Lens Installed: 1912
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 75
Fresnel Lens Disposition:

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO, BURNED

Year Constructed: 1910
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style:
Fog Signal Type: AIR SIRENS

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO, BURNED

Year Constructed: 1910
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: ALL BURNED W/EXCEPTION OF CONCRETE OIL HOUSE; ORIG./BARN, FOG SIGNAL BLDG., STORAGE SHED, 3 KEEPERS, CARPENTER/BLACKSMITH SHOP, STABLES, CISTERNS, AND WOODEN ABOVE GROUND WATER STORAGE TANKS

Current Use: HISTORIC SITE

Owner/Manager: U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #76000483
Name of Listing: PUNTA GORDA LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
REPLACED BY A LIGHTED WHISTLE BUOY OFFSHORE

Last Modified: Wed, Feb 20 2002 9:58:02 am EDT
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