Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Puerto Rico--Guanica Light

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GUANICA LIGHT

State: PUERTO RICO
Location: POINT MESETA / SOUTH SHORE
Nearest City: GUANICA
County: GUANICA
U.S.C.G. District: 7
Year Station Established: 1893

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1893
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1950
Automated:
Foundation Materials:
Construction Materials: BRICK & CEMENT BLOCKS
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: OCTAGONAL W/OUT LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height:
Original Optic: SIXTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1893
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane:
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? YES

Year Tower Constructed: 1950
Type: RED STEEL
Tower Height: 40
Height of Focal Plane:
Current Optic: 250 MM

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1893
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: NEOCLASSICAL
Construction Materials: BRICK/CEMENT BLOCK

Other Structures:

Current Use: UNKNOWN

Owner/Manager: GOVERNMENT OF PUERTO RICO / U.S. COAST GUARD (NEW TOWER)

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #77001549
Name of Listing: FARO DE GUANICA
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, PR-14

Miscellaneous:
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Last Modified: Fri, Mar 22 2002 5:05:02 pm EDT
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