Notes: This lighthouse was replaced by a modern automatic beacon on the old foundation. Height of Focal Plane: 42 Characteristic and Range: White flash every 30 seconds. Description of Tower: Lantern on white, hexagonal cottage on iron screwpile foundation.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1880 Date Present Tower Built: 1880 Date Deactivated: c. 1950s Optics: Fourth order Fresnel lens. Current Use: Destroyed. Keepers: James Wilson Gillikin (1888); Captain Benjamin Fenner Cox (1900-1926), Benjamin Williams (assistant 1900-1904), Fred Kemp (assistant 1905-?)
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