Cabras Island Light
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| 1916 | |
| Location | Ceiba, Puerto Rico |
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| Coordinates | 18°12′42″N 65°36′0″W / 18.21167°N 65.6°WCoordinates: 18°12′42″N 65°36′0″W / 18.21167°N 65.6°W |
| Year first lit | 1902 |
| Automated | 1931 |
| Construction | Stone |
| Tower shape | Cylindrical attached to a square house |
| Markings / pattern | Natural"Turret" |
| Original lens | Sixth order Fresnel 1902 |
Isla Cabras Light, also known as Faro de Isla Cabras, was a lighthouse located in an island in the Vieques Passage near Ceiba, Puerto Rico. It is the only lighthouse completely built and planned by the U.S. government in Puerto Rico.[1][2]The light was first lit on 1902.[3] The building was a small two-story gray stone structure with a cylindrical tower on one corner supporting a black lantern room. Its original lens was a sixth order Fresnel lens.
Cabras Island is located in the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station. The small island separates the entrance of Puerca Bay, a small open-mouth bay and the Ensenada Honda harbor. The island is connected to the mainland by a causeway. In 1965 the light was replaced by a range light called "Vieques Southwest Channel Range Front Light".[4] The original structure was destroyed in 1966.
[edit] Gallery
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Missing the black lantern room, January 16, 1946
[edit] References
- ^ "Out of the past: Cabras Island Puerto Rico". Lighthouse Digest. 4/2005. http://www.lighthousedepot.com/lite_digest.asp?action=get_article&sk=2200. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ "Acerca de los Faros" (in Spanish). Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico. http://www.enciclopediapr.org/esp/article.cfm?ref=08072205. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Puerto Rico". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHPR.asp. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ "Puerto Rico, Chapter 13, Coast Guard Pilot 5". Nautical Charts NOAA. http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot/files/cp5/CP5-36ed-Ch13_5.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
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