Punta Borinquen Light
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 Punta Borinquen Lighthouse
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| Location | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Year first lit | 1920 |
| Automated | 1976 |
| Foundation | Stone |
| Construction | stone |
| Tower shape | Cylindrical |
| Original lens | Fourth-order, Fresnel 1889 |
| ARLHS number | PUR-013 (current site) PUR-022 (old) |
| USCG number | 30715 |
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Faro de Punta Borinquen[1]
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| MPS | Lighthouse System of Puerto Rico TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 81000559[2] |
| Added to NRHP | 1981 |
Punta Borinquen Light (Faro de Punta Borinquen) is a lighthouse located in the old Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The station was established in 1889 by the Spanish government. With the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, the lighthouse would become "the most important aid to navigation on the route from Europe to Panama".[3] In 1917, the U.S Congress provided funding for a new lighthouse in higher ground.
But before construction began on the new structure, the original lighthouse was severely damaged by the 1918 earthquake that struck the west part of the island.[1] Construction on the new lighthouse was completed on 1922. The light is active aid to navigation and is a housing facility for the United States Coast Guard.[4]
Gallery
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Old Punta de Boriquen.JPG
Original lighthouse, ca 1898
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Lighthouse ruins
References
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PR-19, "Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Aguadilla County, PR", 20 photos, 4 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
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