Point Pinos Light

Point Pinos Light - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Point Pinos Lighthouse was lit on February 1, 1855,Perry, Frank. Lighthouse Point: Illuminating Santa Cruz (2002). Santa Cruz, Calif: Otter B Books. to guide ships on the Pacific Coast of California. It is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States and even the lens is original. Alcatraz Island Lighthouse preceded Point Pinos by eight months, but was replaced in 1909 by the expanding military prison. The Point Pinos Lighthouse is still an active United States Coast Guard aid to navigation. On-site museum exhibits and other lighthouse related functions are operated by the city of Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California. The lighthouse is surrounded by the Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links. Read more on Wikipedia

type: lighthouse
date from: 1855

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