Pigeon Point Lighthouse
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Pigeon Point Lighthouse in 2016
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 California
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| Location | Pigeon Point southern to San Francisco Bay California United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°10′54.3″N 122°23′38.1″W / 37.181750°N 122.393917°WCoordinates: 37°10′54.3″N 122°23′38.1″W / 37.181750°N 122.393917°W |
| Year first constructed | 1871 |
| Year first lit | 1872 |
| Automated | 1974 |
| Foundation | stone |
| Construction | brick tower |
| Tower shape | tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to workroom |
| Markings / pattern | white tower, black trim |
| Height | 115 ft (35 m) |
| Focal height | 148 ft (45 m) |
| Original lens | First order Fresnel lens (1872) |
| Current lens | DCB-24 aerobeacon |
| Range | 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi) |
| Characteristic | Flashing white 10s, Emergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. |
| Admiralty number | G4006 |
| ARLHS number | USA-499 |
| USCG number | 6-0320 |
| Managing agent | Pigeon Point Lighthouse State Historic Park |
| Designated | 1977 |
| Reference no. | 77000337 |
| Designated | 1980 |
| Reference no. | 930 |
Pigeon Point Light Station or Pigeon Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse built in 1871 to guide ships on the Pacific coast of California. It is the tallest lighthouse (tied with Point Arena Light) on the West Coast of the United States. It is still an active Coast Guard aid to navigation. Pigeon Point Light Station is located on the coastal highway (State Route 1), 5 miles (8 km) south of Pescadero, California, between Santa Cruz and San Francisco. The 115-foot (35 m), white masonry tower, resembles the typical New England structure. Because of its location and ready access from the main highway, Pigeon Point entertains a large number of public visitors.
The lighthouse and the land around have been preserved as Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park, a California state park. The lighthouse is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and designated as a California Historical Landmark.
The Pigeon Point Lighthouse is also a logo of E. W. Scripps Company.
Pigeon Point Lighthouse is one of the most picturesque lighthouses on the Pacific coast. The tower stands on a rocky promontory and has long been a landmark for ships approaching San Francisco Bay from the south. This headland, and hence the lighthouse, took its name from the ship Carrier Pigeon that wrecked here in 1853.
The lantern room of the tower is no longer equipped with the original first-order, 1000-watt Fresnel lens. No longer illuminated for demonstration purposes, the lens has 24 flash panels, is composed of 1008 hand-polished lenses and prisms and is capable of producing over 500,000 candlepower illumination. It was manufactured by the Henry-LePaute company in Paris, France and was first lit at Pigeon Point at sunset on November 15, 1872.
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