Punta Borinquen Light

Punta Borinquen Lighthouse
	Existing tower
Location	Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
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)
	Faro de Punta Borinquen
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	Lighthouse System of Puerto Rico TR
NRHP reference No.	81000559
Added to NRHP	1981

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]

Original lighthouse, ca 1898
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

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[Record-1] "Faro de Punta Borinquen". Historic American Engineering Record National Park Service. 1979.

[National-2] "Inventory of Historic Light Stations National Park Service". Retrieved 2009-05-06.

[Friends-3] "Lighthouses Friends". Retrieved 2009-05-06.

[4] "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.

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