Point_Diablo_Light

Point Diablo Light

Point Diablo Light

Lighthouse in California, United States

The Point Diablo Light is a lighthouse in California, United States, about halfway between Point Bonita and Lime Point on the northern side of the Golden Gate Bridge, California

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History

In 1923, the Lighthouse Service decided to mark this navigational hazard, and a small white shack with a pitched red roof was placed on the sloping point some eighty feet above the water. An array of solar panels now powers the modern beacon positioned atop the shack.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern California". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  2. [2]
    California Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 13 June 2016
  3. [3]
    "Point Diablo, CA". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 2011-12-21.


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