Yerba Buena Light

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Yerba Buena Light
Goat Island
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Yerba Buena Lighthouse
Yerba Buena Light
Location Yerba Buena Island
San Francisco Bay
California
United States
Coordinates 37°48′26.27″N122°21′44.29″W / 37.8072972°N 122.3623028°W / 37.8072972; -122.3623028
Tower
Constructed1875
Foundationmasonry basement
Constructionwooden tower
Automated1958
Height25 feet (7.6 m)
Shapeoctagonal tower with balcony and lantern
OperatorUnited States Coast Guard [1] [2]
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Light
Focal height95 feet (29 m)
LensFifth order Fresnel lens
Range14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Characteristic Oc. W 4s.
Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse
Nearest city San Francisco, California
Area2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Stick/Eastlake, Lighthouse
MPS Light Stations of California MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001096 [3]
Added to NRHPSeptember 03, 1991

Yerba Buena Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay on Yerba Buena Island, California

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History

The island's lighthouse connection began in 1873 when the Lighthouse Service moved the district's depot from Mare Island to the southeast side of Yerba Buena Island. In 1875 construction was completed on the 25-foot (7.6 m) tower with a fifth order Fresnel lens, brought from the recently decommissioned Yaquina Bay Light in Newport, Oregon. In 1886 another fifth order lens replaced the previous one. In 1933, a tunnel was bored through Yerba Buena Island to serve as a link between the east and west sections of the Oakland Bay Bridge. The light was automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1958. It is currently an active aid to navigation and not open to the public. Now that the lighthouse is automated, the former keeper's quarters are now the home of the Coast Guard Admiral. [4]

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References

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