Notes: This lighthouse was moved when the pier was extended in 1896. It became a front range light, with a post light 600 feet away serving as the rear range. In 1912, the lighting equipment from the post light was relocated to a 66-foot wooden post 200 yards behind a new lighthouse on the North Pier, and the South Pier (range front) Light was destroyed. An automated light on a 35-foot skeletal tower was installed at the end of the South Pier. The pier was later shortened in the 1930s. Height of Focal Plane: 25 Description of Tower: Wooden, square pyramidal tower.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1873
Tower Moved? 1884, 1896 Date Deactivated: 1912 Optics: Sixth-order Fresnel lens. Fog Signal: Fog bell in wooden tower. 1901: air-operated siren. Current Use: Destroyed. Keepers: John H. King (1873-?); Albert Vorce (c. 1884)
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