Point Vicente Lighthouse, Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

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CollectionLocal History Center General Photo CollectionDate1975DescriptionImage shows view looking west at the 67-foot-high Point Vicente Lighthouse, which opened in 1926 atop the 130 cliff of Point Vicente, named in 1790 by English explorer Captain George Vancouver for his friend, Padre Vicente de Santa Maria of the Mission San Buenaventura in Ventura, CA. The lighthouse utilizes a five-hunderd-watt lamp with a third order clamshell Fresnel lens, manufactured in 1886 in Paris, France by Barbier, Bernard and Turenne, the oldest lens making company in the world. Point Vicente was manned by civilian lighthouse keepers until 1939, when the U.S. Coast Guard became responsible for its maintenance and operation. Producing two white flashes every twenty seconds visible at a distance of 20 miles, the lighthouse was manned until 1971, when it became automated. Point Vicente Lighthouse was added to the National Registry of Historic Sites on November 17, 1979.NotesDate Built: 1926Photo Source: Charles UebelePhoto Size8 x 10 in.Photo Format1 photographic print (b&w)Resource Typestill imageHeld ByPalos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library. Local History CenterBar Code000028886Shelf LocationPVLH.COA.04.53Restrictions on AccessElectronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District, from the Palos Verdes Homes Association Photograph Collection held in the Local History Room. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.

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SubjectPoint Vicente--Rancho Palos Verdes (Calif.)Coasts--California, SouthernLighthouses--California--Point Vicente

Personal Name

PhotographerUebele, Charles

ExhibitLighthouses

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