Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Texas Lighthouses--Lydia Ann Light

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LYDIA ANN LIGHT (FORMERLY ARANSAS PASS)

State: TEXAS
Location: HARBOR ISLAND / NW OF ARANSAS PASS
Nearest City: PORT ARANSAS
County: ARANSAS
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1855

Photo courtesy of Ted Smith.

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1857
Is the Light Operational? YES (PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION)
Date Deactivated: 1952
Automated:
Foundation Materials: TIMBER PILING
Construction Materials: RED BRICK
Markings/Patterns: NATURAL W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 68
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1857
Present Optic:
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 140
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FRESNEL LENS ON DISPLAY AT PORT ARANSAS CIVIC CENTER
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? YES

Year Tower Constructed: 1990
Type: STEEL SKELETAL
Height of Focal Plane: 140
Current Optic: 190 MM

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1919
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: PLATFORM BUNGALOW
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: 5 CISTERNS, OIL HOUSE, STORAGE BUILDING, RADIO SHACK

Current Use: PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #77001423
Name of Listing: ARANSAS PASS LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1972

Miscellaneous:
COAST GUARD MOVED LIGHT TO SAN JOSE ISLAND

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 01 2002 11:53:02 am EDT
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