Long Beach Light

Long Beach Light also known as the Long Beach Harbor Light, is a lighthouse on Long Beach Harbor in California.

This article is about the lighthouse in California. For the lighthouse in Orient Bay, Long Island, NY, see Orient Long Beach Bar Light.
Long Beach Light
Robot Light
Robot Light, taken 1949 by U.S. Coast Guard Archive
California
LocationLong Beach Harbor
California
United States
Coordinates33.723237°N 118.186821°W / 33.723237; -118.186821
Year first constructedn/a (first)
Year first lit1949 (current)
Automated1949
Foundationconcrete piles
Constructionconcrete building (current)
metal skeletal tower (first)
Tower shapetwo-stage rectangular building with light on flat roof (current)
square tower with double balcony and lanten (first)
Markings / patternwhite building (current)
Tower height42 feet (13 m)
Focal height50 feet (15 m)
Original lens36 inches (910 mm)
Range20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)
CharacteristicFl W 5s.
Fog signalblast every 30s. continuously
Admiralty numberG3797
ARLHS numberUSA-447
USCG number6-0125
Managing agentUnited States Coast Guard[1][2][3]

History

Long Beach Harbor Light looks different from a traditional lighthouse. Labeled the "robot light" when established in 1949, it is completely automated and was the forerunner of the new version of 20th-century lighthouses on America's West Coast. The 42-foot (13 m) high white, rectangular tower with a columnar base, features a 36-inch (910 mm) airway-type beacon and is controlled by the ANRAC system from the Los Angeles Harbor Light. The three-story facility, of monolithic design, is built of concrete supported on six cement columns cast into six pockets of a crib. It had dual tone fog signals and a radio beacon.

Original Light Tower by U.S. Coast Guard Archive

In its commanding position in San Pedro's middle breakwater, the lighthouse was considered an uncanny mechanical wonder when first established. Later, another navigation light in the Long Beach area was erected atop the pilot station at the Port of Long Beach in 1968. Marking the harbor entrance channel, the light is accompanied by one of the United States Coast Guard's radar scanners.

This lighthouse is inaccessible to the public but can be viewed from East Ocean Boulevard at Long Beach Harbor.

See also

References
  1. Long Beach The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 11 June 2016
  2. California Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 11 June 2016
  3. Long Beach Harbor Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 11 June 2016
  • "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: California". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.



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