Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Puerto Rico--Culebrita Island Light

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CULEBRITA ISLAND LIGHT

State: PUERTO RICO
Location: VIRGIN PASSAGE / ANTILLES ISLAND
Nearest City: CULEBRITA ISLAND
County: CULEBRA
U.S.C.G. District: 7
Year Station Established: 1886

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1886
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1964
Foundation Materials: STONE
Construction Materials: STONE
Markings/Patterns: GRAY TOWER/RED TRIM ON DWELLING
Shape: CYLINDRICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 43
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1888
Present Optic: 190 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 305
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower?

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1886
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Construction Materials: STONE

Other Structures:

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD (TOWER)/FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE (ISLAND)

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #81000686
Name of Listing: FARO ISLA CULEBRITA
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, PR-12

Miscellaneous:
LIGHTHOUSE SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE MARILYN

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 22 2002 3:00:02 pm EDT
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