Lighthouses in California - Lighthouses in the San Francisco Bay Area, Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in California (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Lighthouses in the San Francisco Bay Area, Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in California, Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles, California, Point Sur Lighthouse, Pigeon Point Lighthouse, Point Pinos Lighthouse, Point Arena Light, Point Arguello Light, St. George Reef Light, Point Loma Light, Point Vicente Light, Point Reyes Lighthouse, Los Angeles Harbor Light, East Brother Island Light, Ballast Point Light, Piedras Blancas Light, Anacapa Island Light, Point Bonita Light, Battery Point Light, Point Hueneme Light, Fort Point Light, San Francisco, Point Montara Light, Point San Luis Light, Farallon Island Light, Point Cabrillo Light, Point Conception Light, Carquinez Strait Light, Alcatraz Island Light, Humboldt Harbor Light, Point Sur Lightstation State Historic Park, Punta Gorda Light, Trinidad Head Light, Santa Barbara Light, Table Bluff Light, Yerba Buena Light, Point Fermin Light, Mile Rocks Light, Rubicon Point Light, Point Blunt Light, Roe Island Light, Long Beach Light, Cape Mendocino Light, Mare Island Light, San Luis Obispo Light, Oakland Harbor Light, Southhampton Shoal Light, Santa Cruz Breakwater Light, Lime Point Light, Point Diablo Light, Sugar Pine Point Light. Excerpt: Point Sur Lightstation is a lighthouse at Point Sur, California, 135 miles (217 km) south of San Francisco, on the 361-foot (110 m)-tall rock at the head of the point. The light house is 40 feet (12 m) tall and 270 feet (82 m) above sea level. It was established in 1889. As of 2010, the light was still in operation as an aid to navigation. Point Sur was a hazard for ships from the first settlement of California, and especially after the great increase in shipping in the mid-19th century, after the California Gold Rush. Many ships were wrecked there. In 1874, the ship Ventura ran ...