Punta Borinquen Light
Location | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico |
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Coordinates | 18°29′50″N 67°8′56″W / 18.49722°N 67.14889°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1889 |
Foundation | Stone |
Construction | stone |
Automated | 1976 |
Height | 18 m (59 ft) |
Shape | Cylindrical |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
Light | |
First lit | 1920 |
Deactivated | 1918 |
Lens | Fourth-order, Fresnel 1889 |
Range | 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi) |
Punta Borinquen Light (Faro de Punta Borinquen) is a lighthouse located in the old Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The station was established in 1889 by the Spanish government. With the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, the lighthouse would become "the most important aid to navigation on the route from Europe to Panama".[3] In 1917, the U.S Congress provided funding for a new lighthouse in higher ground.
But before construction began on the new structure, the original lighthouse was severely damaged by the 1918 earthquake that struck the west part of the island.[1] Construction on the new lighthouse was completed in 1922. The light is active aid to navigation and is a housing facility for the United States Coast Guard.[4]
Gallery
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Original lighthouse, ca 1898
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Lighthouse ruins
References
- ^ a b "Faro de Punta Borinquen". Historic American Engineering Record National Park Service. 1979.
- ^ "Inventory of Historic Light Stations National Park Service". Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ^ "Lighthouses Friends". Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Puerto Rico". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PR-19, "Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Aguadilla County, PR", 20 photos, 4 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
- Buildings and structures in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
- Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
- Historic American Engineering Record in Puerto Rico
- Lighthouses completed in 1920
- Lighthouses completed in 1889
- Lighthouses in Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican building and structure stubs
- Lighthouse stubs