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Name: Yerba Buena Island Light  

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Also known as: Goat Island Light

Nearest Town or City:
San Francisco, California, United States

Location: San Francisco Bay, near San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.


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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard

Notes:
The keeper's house is the residence of the Coast Guard district commander.

Tower Height: 25

Height of Focal Plane: 95

Description of Tower: Octagonal white masonry tower with cast iron lantern.

This light is operational

Other Buildings?
1873 two-story Gothic duplex keeper's house, 1875 brick fog signal building, oil house.

Date Established: 1875

Date Present Tower Built: 1875

Date Automated: 1958

Optics: 1875: Fifth order Fresnel; 1886: Fifth order Fresnel (still active).

Fog Signal: Automatic horn.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation, housing for Coast Guard district commander.

Open To Public? no

Museum?
no

Directions:
Can be seen from Bay Bridge between Oakland and San Francisco.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places


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