National Register of Historic Places contributing property
Light
First lit
1909 (current)
Focal height
214 feet (65 m)
Lens
Third order Fresnel lens (removed), DCB-24 aerobeacon (current)
Range
22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi)
Characteristic
Fl W 5s.
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Part of
Alcatraz (ID76000209[3])
Designated CP
June 23, 1976
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse—the first one built on the U.S. West Coast—located on Alcatraz Island in California's San Francisco Bay.[4] It is located at the southern end of the island near the entrance to the prison.[5] The first light house on the island was completed in 1854, and served the bay during its time as a Citadel and military prison. It was replaced by a taller (95 feet (29 m) above mean sea level) concrete tower built in 1909 to the south of the original one which was demolished after it was damaged due to earthquake in 1906. The automation of the lighthouse with a modern beacon took place in 1963, the year Alcatraz closed as the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. It is the oldest light station on the island with a modern beacon and is part of the museum on the island.[4][5] Although when viewed from afar it easily looks the tallest structure on Alcatraz, it is actually shorter than the Alcatraz Water Tower, but as it lies on higher ground it looks much taller.
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