Inventory of Historic Light Stations--California Lighthouses--Yerba Buena Island Light

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YERBA BUENA ISLAND
(GOAT ISLAND) LIGHT

State: CALIFORNIA
Location: ISLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY
Nearest City: SAN FRANCISCO
County: SAN FRANCISCO
U.S.C.G. District: 11
Year Station Established: 1875

NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1996

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1875
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1958
Foundation Materials: MASONRY
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME W/IRON LANTERN
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 25
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1875
Present Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1886
Height of Focal Plane: 95
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1875
Construction Materials: BRICK
Architectural Style: RECTANGULAR
Fog Signal Type: HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1873
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: GOTHIC DUPLEX
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/COAST GUARD HOUSING

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #91001096
Name of Listing: YERBA BEUNA ISLAND LIGHT STATION (LIGHT STATIONS OF CALIFORNIA MPS)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, CA-1554

Miscellaneous:
KEEPERS HOUSES DISTRICT COMMANDANT; FOG SIGNALS HAVE INCLUDED A BELL, STEAM WHISTLE, DIAPHONE, DIAPHRAGM HORN

Last Modified: Wed, Feb 20 2002 11:36:02 am EDT
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