Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Hawaii Lighthouses--Makapuu Point Light

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MAKAPUU POINT LIGHT

State: HAWAII
Location: WAIMANALO/OAHU ISLAND
Nearest City: WAIMANALO
County: HONOLULU
U.S.C.G. District: 14
Year Station Established: 1909

NPS photo by James P. Delgado, 1989

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1909
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1974
Foundation Materials: MASONRY
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CYLINDRICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 46
Original Optic: HYPER-RADIANT
Year Original Lens Installed: 1909
Present Optic: HYPER-RADIANT
Year Present Lens Installed: 1909
Height of Focal Plane: 420
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS STILL IN OPERATION
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO, DEMOLISHED

Other Structures:

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #77000447
Name of Listing: U.S. COAST GUARD MAKAPUU POINT LIGHT
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
SITE OF LARGEST LENS IN AMERICA (HYPER-RADIANT OR RADIAL); LANDFALL FOR TRAFFIC COMING FROM WEST COAST TO HONOLULU; LAND WHERE DWELLINGS WERE IS NOW STATE OWNED

Last Modified: Mon, Feb 25 2002 1:09:02 pm EDT
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