Managing Organization: U.S. Coast Guard
Tower Height: 35 Height of Focal Plane: 52 Description of Tower: Lantern on roof of keeper's quarters.
This light is operational
Other Buildings? Integral 2.5 story brick and cast iron keeper's quarters on cast iron and concrete caisson. Date Established: 1905 Date Present Tower Built: 1905 Date Automated: 1938, but staffed until 1962 Optics: 1905: Fourth order Fresnel lens, now 375 mm solar powered optic. Fog Signal: Originally bell, now automated horn. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Directions: Accessible by boat only. Keepers: Jim Van Vranken (Coast Guard, c. 1959-1962)
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