Location | Aransas County, Texas |
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Coordinates | 27°51′51″N 97°03′23″W / 27.86417°N 97.05639°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1856 |
Foundation | Screwpile, concrete |
Construction | Red brick |
Automated | yes |
Height | 68 feet (21 m) |
Shape | Octagon |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Register of Historic Places listed place |
Light | |
First lit | 1857 |
Deactivated | 1952 |
Focal height | 60 feet (18 m) |
Lens | fourth order Fresnel lens |
Range | 13 miles (21 km) |
Characteristic | FF W |
Aransas Pass Light Station | |
Nearest city | Port Aransas, Texas |
Area | 23.8 acres (9.6 ha) |
Built by | U.S. Lighthouse Board |
NRHP reference No. | 77001423[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 3, 1977 |
Aransas Pass Light Station also called Lydia Ann Lighthouse is an historic light station in Aransas County, Harbor Island, just outside the city limits of Port Aransas, Texas, behind San Jose and Mustang Islands, that protects a natural gulf pass to Aransas and Corpus Christi Bays.