Point Diablo Light
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| Place: | San Francisco , California , USA | |
| Location: | 2 km west of the Golden Gate Bridge | |
| Geographical location: | 37 ° 49 '12.5 " N , 122 ° 29' 58" W | |
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| Identifier : | white Iso 3s | |
| Construction time: | 1923 | |
| Operating time: | 1923– | |
| International ordinal number: | ARLHS : USA-974 / USCG : 6-4250 | |
Point Diablo Light is a nautical sign at Point Diablo, which is about halfway between Lime Point Light Station and Point Bonita Light on the edge of the Golden Gate .
Point Diablo Light was built in 1923 by a decision of the United States Lighthouse Service in the form of a small white building around 15 meters above the water level in the middle of the cliff. The signal station, which can be reached from the water via a steep staircase, was connected to the Lime Point Light Station via a telephone and a power cable. This enabled the guards at the Lime Point facility to monitor the correct operation of Point Diablo Light and to remotely operate the facility. Once a week, Point Diablo Light was serviced by the Lime Point Light Station crew. Initially equipped with two lens-reinforced lanterns and an electric siren, the system is now equipped with an automated and solar-powered beacon and a fog horn.
literature
- Ralph Shanks / Lisa Woo Shanks: Guardians of the Golden Gate. Lighthouses and Lifeboat Stations of San Francisco Bay , Petaluma 1990, ISBN 0-930268-08-3 , pp. 153 and 155.
