Inventory of Historic Light Stations--California Lighthouses--Trinidad Head Light

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TRINIDAD HEAD LIGHT

State: CALIFORNIA
Location: TRINIDAD HARBOR
Nearest City: TRINIDAD
County: HUMBOLDT
U.S.C.G. District: 11
Year Station Established: 1866

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1871
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated:
Automated: 1974
Foundation Materials: STONE
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: SQUARE PYRAMIDAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 25
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1871
Present Optic: 375 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: 1947
Height of Focal Plane: 196
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? YES

Type: SQUARE WHITE
Tower Height: 25
Height of Focal Plane: 196

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1900
Construction Materials: FRAME
Architectural Style: CONTEMPORARY
Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES (ORIG. KEEPERS RAZED 1960S)

Year Constructed: 1969
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: MODERN TRIPLEX
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME

Other Structures:

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/COAST GUARD HOUSING

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #91001098
Name of Listing: TRINIDAD HEAD LIGHT STATIONS (LIGHT STATIONS OF CALIFORNIA MPS)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
BLUFF TOWER; MODERN FOG SIGNAL LOCATED OUTSIDE THE FOG SIGNAL BLDG; ORIGINAL BELL ON DISPLAY IN REPLICA TOWER IN TOWN OF TRINIDAD

Last Modified: Wed, Feb 20 2002 11:06:02 am EDT
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