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| Point Bonita Light |
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Point Bonita is located at the northern entrance to the San Francisco Bay. The orignal name was in fact Point Boneta - a reference to the resemblance of the area hills to the hats worn by Spanish religious officials. (Early lighthouse plans are still labeled Point Boneta) In the early 1850's, when lighthouse construction began, there was still no marker at Point Bonita. In 1853 the steamship Tennessee ran aground just north of Point Bonita (at what is now Tennessee Cove). The clipper ship San Francisco struck the rocks of Point Bonita and sank in 1854.
In 1854, difficult work began on a lighthouse situated on the highest hill in the area - 260 feet above sea level. The point was very difficult to reach. The point was at the top of 50-foot cliffs, and the breakers from the Pacific side of the point are quite powerful. The first local contractor backed out of the job. A second firm completed the task - a California-cottage style dwelling, with a separate tower. The 56-foot high tower housed a fixed second-order Fresnel lens, the most powerful beacon of the San Francisco Bay. The lamp was lit for the first time on May 2, 1855.
Source: rudyalicelighthouse.net/CalLts/PtBonita/PtBonita.htm |
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23.05.2008 02:49 |
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