Los Angeles Harbor Light

Los Angeles Harbor Light
San Pedro Harbor
Angel's Gate
Los Angeles Harbor Light
California
Location Los Angeles Harbor
California
United States
Coordinates 33°42′31″N 118°15′06″W / 33.70857°N 118.25160°W / 33.70857; -118.25160Coordinates: 33°42′31″N 118°15′06″W / 33.70857°N 118.25160°W / 33.70857; -118.25160
Year first constructed 1913
Automated 1973
Foundation rock breakwater with concrete slab
Construction reinforced concrete tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern rising from an octagonal prism basement
Markings / pattern white tower with black narrows stripes, black lantern
Height 69 feet (21 m)
Focal height 73 feet (22 m)
Original lens Fourth order Fresnel lens
Current lens DCB-24 aerobeacon
Light source solar power
Intensity 217,000 candela
Range 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic Fl G 15s.
Fog signal 2 blasts every 30s. continuously
Admiralty number G3799
ARLHS number USA-014
USCG number 6-0135
Managing agent

United States Coast Guard[1][2][3]

Los Angeles Harbor Light Station
Location Los Angeles Harbor (San Pedro Breakwater), Los Angeles, California
Architect Edward L Woodruff
NRHP reference # 80000810
Added to NRHP October 14, 1980[4]
Heritage place listed on the National Register of Historic Places Edit this on Wikidata

Los Angeles Harbor Light, also known as Angels Gate Light, is a lighthouse in California, United States, at San Pedro Breakwater in Los Angeles Harbor, California. The lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is listed as Los Angeles Light in the USCG Lights list. It is the only lighthouse in the world that emits an emerald-colored light.[5]

History

U.S. Coast Guard Archive

The original plan for the lighthouse was a wooden, square, two-story building like those constructed for Oakland Harbor and Southampton Shoals. However, the plans were changed and the Los Angeles Light was firmly anchored to the concrete block and built of steel reinforced concrete. It is the only lighthouse ever built to this design. The original paint on the lighthouse was only white which caused a problem with seeing the lighthouse building during fog. Vertical black stripes were added for increased visibility.[6]

By 2011, the years of exposure have led to rusted through walls, broken windows, cracked masonry, and leaks during storms. In cooperation with the Coast Guard, the Cabrillo Beach Boosters Club completed a $1.8 million overhaul of the exterior, funded by the Port of Los Angeles. The overhaul was completed in May 2012. A $1.2 million overhaul of the interior is planned.[6]

This lighthouse is inaccessible to the public, but can be viewed from the Cabrillo Beach area, San Pedro Breakwater or by boat.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Los Angeles Harbor The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 11 June 2016
  2. ↑ California Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 11 June 2016
  3. ↑ Los Angeles Harbor Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 11 June 2016
  4. ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  5. ↑ Boating Skills and Seamanship (14th edition, 2013), U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc., McGraw Hill Education, p. 129
  6. 1 2 Sahagun, Louis (2012-05-17). "A new gleam for lighthouse". Los Angeles Times. pp. AA3.
  • "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: California". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
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