#0951 Battery Point Lighthouse
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#0951 Battery Point Lighthouse
Site information:
Battery Pt Island, end of A St, Crescent CitySite and plaque can be walked to during low tides only.
Plaque information:
State plaquePlaque text:
Battery Point LighthouseThe Battery Point Lighthouse is one of the first lighthouses on the California coast. Rugged mountains and unbridged rivers meant coastal travel was essential for the economic survival of this region. In 1855 Congress appropriated $15,000 for the construction of the light station, which was completed in 1856 by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Theophilis Magruder was the station's first keeper; Wayne Piland was its last before automation in 1953.
Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Del Norte County Historical Society, September 19, 1987.