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GALVESTON JETTY LIGHT

State: TEXAS
Location: GALVESTON ISLAND / GALVESTON BAY
Nearest City: GALVESTON
County: GALVESTON
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1918

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1918
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1972
Automated:
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: BRICK/STEEL
Markings/Patterns: BUFF W/BLACK TRIM
Shape: CYLINDRICAL OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 84
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 91
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS DONATED TO GALVESTON HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN 1974
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? YES

Type: SKELETAL
Height of Focal Plane: 145

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? UNKNOWN

Year Constructed: 1953
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials: FRAME ON PILES

Other Structures:

Current Use: UNKNOWN

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
REPLACED POINT BOLIVAR; SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION 1996; METAL FRAMEWORK COLLAPSED DURING HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MAY 2000

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 01 2002 11:19:02 am EDT
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