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Managing Organization:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Notes:
This lighthouse was built to aid vessels heading to the Panama Canal. The island is now a wildlife refuge. This is the tallest concrete lighthouse ever built by the U.S. government. Tower Height: 162 Height of Focal Plane: 395 Description of Tower: Reinforced concrete tower. Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1917 Date Present Tower Built: 1917 Date Deactivated: 1996 Date Automated: 1929 Optics: 1917: Second order Fresnel lens; 1980: 190 mm optic. Current Use: Abandoned. Open To Public? No.
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