Caja de Muertos Light

Caja de Muertos Light
Image taken in 1978
Map
LocationPonce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates17°53′35.37″N 66°31′16.28″W / 17.8931583°N 66.5211889°W / 17.8931583; -66.5211889
Tower
Constructed1887 Edit this on Wikidata
Foundationstone base
Constructionstone (Classical revival) tower
Automated1945
Height19 m (62 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern atop a keeper's house
Markingsgray tower, black lantern
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1887
Focal height91 m (299 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
LensThird-order Fresnel.[1]
Range18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl W 30s Edit this on Wikidata
Faro de la Isla Caja de Muertos
Architectural styleNeoclassical
MPSLighthouse System of Puerto Rico TR
NRHP reference No.81000690[2]
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 1981

Caja de Muertos Light, (Faro de la Isla de Caja de Muertos) is an 1887 lighthouse in Ponce, Puerto Rico, that is unique amongst all other lighthouses in Puerto Rico for its unusual Cross of Lorraine, double-arm, T-type shape structure.[3] The historic lighthouse is located in Caja de Muertos, an uninhabited island off the coast of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The light stands at the highest point of the island.

  1. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Puerto Rico". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Inventory of Historic Light Stations National Park Service". Retrieved 2 April 2009.
  3. ^ Murphy, Kevin (August 1984). "Isla Caja de Muertos Light" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

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