Lime Point Light

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Lime Point Light
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Lime Point Light is located in California
Lime Point Light
Location Golden Gate Bridge, California
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Year first constructed 1883
Year first lit 1900
Automated 1961
Construction Brick
Tower shape Square
Height 20 feet (6.1 m)
ARLHS number USA-434
USCG number 6-4270

Lime Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, on northern side of the Golden Gate Bridge.

History

The lens lantern at Lime Point was hung on the wall of the fog signal building at a height of 20 feet above the water. When the Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937, a fog horn and light were placed at the base of the bridge’s south tower, making the Fort Point Light unnecessary. However, Lime Point Lighthouse was located next to the base of the north tower, and remained an effective position for a light and fog horn. Lime Point was automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1961, and the three-story dwelling and other buildings were torn down, leaving only the fog signal building.

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U.S. Coast Guard Archive

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