Battery Point Light
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"Battery Point Lighthouse" redirects here. For the lighthouse in Portishead, England, see Portishead Point Lighthouse.
Battery Point Light is a lighthouse in Crescent City, California, United States. It is registered as a California Historical Landmark,[4] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Crescent City Lighthouse".[3]
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Location | Crescent City California United States |
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Coordinates | 41.7441°N 124.2031°W / 41.7441; -124.2031 |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1856 |
Foundation | natural emplaced |
Construction | brick tower and granite keeper's house |
Automated | 1953 |
Height | 45 feet (14 m) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern on the roof of keeper's house |
Markings | white tower, red lantern |
Operator | Del Norte County Historical Society[1] [2] |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place, California Historical Landmark |
Light | |
First lit | 1856 |
Deactivated | 1965–1982 continuously occupied |
Focal height | 77 feet (23 m) |
Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens (original), 375 mm lens (current) |
Range | 12 nautical miles; 23 kilometres (14 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 30s. |
Official name | Crescent City Lighthouse |
Reference no. | 83001177[3] |
Reference no. | 951[4] |
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