Long Beach Light

This article is about the lighthouse in California. For the lighthouse in Orient Bay, Long Island, NY, see Orient Long Beach Bar Light.
Long Beach Light
Robot Light

Robot Light, taken 1949 by U.S. Coast Guard Archive
California
Location Long Beach Harbor
California
United States
Coordinates 33°43′24″N 118°11′13″W / 33.723237°N 118.186821°W / 33.723237; -118.186821Coordinates: 33°43′24″N 118°11′13″W / 33.723237°N 118.186821°W / 33.723237; -118.186821
Year first constructed n/a (first)
Year first lit 1949 (current)
Automated 1949
Foundation concrete piles
Construction concrete building (current)
metal skeletal tower (first)
Tower shape two-stage rectangular parallelepiped building with light on flat roof (current)
square frustum tower with double balcony and lanten (first)
Markings / pattern white building (current)
Height 42 feet (13 m)
Focal height 50 feet (15 m)
Original lens 36 inches (910 mm)
Range 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 5s.
Fog signal blast every 30s. continuously
Admiralty number G3797
ARLHS number USA-447
USCG number 6-0125
Managing agent United Staes Coast Guard[1][2][3]

Long Beach Light also known as the Long Beach Harbor Light, is a lighthouse on Long Beach Harbor in California.

History

Long Beach Harbor Light looks different from a traditional lighthouse. Labeled the "robot light" when established in 1949, it is completely automated and was the forerunner of the new version of 20th-century lighthouses on America's West Coast. The 42-foot (13 m) high white, rectangular tower with a columnar base, features a 36 inches (910 mm) airway-type beacon and is controlled by the ANRAC system from the Los Angeles Harbor Light. The three-story facility, of monolithic design, is built of concrete supported on six cement columns cast into six pockets of a crib. It had dual tone fog signals and a radio beacon.

Original Light Tower by U.S. Coast Guard Archive

In its commanding position in San Pedro's middle breakwater, the lighthouse was considered an uncanny mechanical wonder when first established. Later, another navigation light in the Long Beach area was erected atop the pilot station at the Port of Long Beach in 1968. Marking the harbor entrance channel, the light is accompanied by one of the United States Coast Guard's radar scanners.

This lighthouse is inaccessible to the public but can be viewed from East Ocean Boulevard at Long Beach Harbor.

See also


References

  1. ↑ Long Beach The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 11 June 2016
  2. ↑ California Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 11 June 2016
  3. ↑ Long Beach Harbor Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 11 June 2016


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