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Name: Fort Point Light (TX)  

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Nearest Town or City:
Galveston, Texas, United States

Location: Galveston Bay, Gulf of Mexico.


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Notes:
This station served as an active fog signal station until 1950.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1882

Date Deactivated: 1909

Optics: 1882: Fourth order Fresnel lens.

Current Use: Destroyed.

Keepers: Emilius Gerhardt (1882-1896); Charles Anderson (1896-?)


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