CAPE MENDOCINO LIGHT (OLD)
State: CALIFORNIA
Location: RELOCATED FROM COAST TO SHELTER COVE
Nearest City: MENDOCINO
County: HUMBOLDT
U.S.C.G. District: 11
Year Station Established: 1868
Existing Historic Tower:
Year Light First Lit: 1868
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1951
Automated: 1951
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: PYRAMIDAL 16-SIDED
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 43
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1950
Height of Focal Plane: 422
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIRST ORDER LENS MOVED TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN 1950
Has tower been moved? YES, 1997
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? YES
Year Tower Constructed: 1951
Type: STEEL POLE
Tower Height:
Height of Focal Plane: 515
Current Optic: Year Installed:
Existing Sound Signal Building? UNKNOWN
Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DESTROYED)
Year Constructed:
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: CAPE COD
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME
Other Structures: STORAGE BUILDING, BARN, OIL HOUSE
Current Use: RELOCATED
Owner/Manager: CITY OF MENDOCINO
Open to the Public? NO
Web Site:
National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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