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Faro del Castillo San Felipe del Morro

Coordinates: 18°28′15.79″N 66°7′25.01″W / 18.4710528°N 66.1236139°W / 18.4710528; -66.1236139
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Castillo San Felipe del Morro Lighthouse
Map
LocationSan Juan, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°28′15.79″N 66°7′25.01″W / 18.4710528°N 66.1236139°W / 18.4710528; -66.1236139
Tower
Constructed1846 Edit this on Wikidata
FoundationFort
ConstructionBrick/Masonry (1908 tower)
Automated1962
Height15.5 m (51 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
ShapeSquare tower on castle
MarkingsGray "Moorish revival"
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1908 (rebuilt tower by the U.S Coast Guard )
Focal height55 m (180 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
LensThird order, Fresnel 1908
Range24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl(3) W 40s Edit this on Wikidata
Faro del Morro
MPSLighthouse System of Puerto Rico TR
NRHP reference No.81000693 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 1981

Castillo San Felipe del Morro Lighthouse, also known as Faro de Morro Port San Juan Light by the National Register of Historic Places and colloquially Faro del Castillo del Morro and Puerto San Juan Light, is a lighthouse atop the walls of Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Old San Juan. It's the first lighthouse built in Puerto Rico.[2]

Photo of second lighthouse built on top of Castillo San Felipe del Morro, ca 1895

The first Castillo San Felipe del Morro Lighthouse was built in 1846 and exhibited a light using five parabolic reflectors.[2] In 1876, a new octagonal iron tower was constructed atop the walls of the fort .[1] The tower was hit by U.S. artillery fire in the Puerto Rican Campaign of the Spanish–American War on May 12, 1898. The lighthouse was rebuilt in 1899 but developed structural problems and was demolished in 1906. The new and current lighthouse was constructed in 1908 as a Moorish Revival style "square tower on castle".[3] Public admission tours into the tower are held, and the Castillo San Felipe del Morro, along with Castillo San Cristóbal and much of the city walls are part of the San Juan National Historic Site also open to the public.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Inventory of Historic Light Stations National Park Service". Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  2. ^ a b "Lighthouse Friends- Puerto San Juan". Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  3. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Puerto Rico". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
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