 View from train August 29, 2010 | |
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| Location | Point Arguello Santa Barbara Channel California United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°34′37.4″N 120°38′49.9″W / 34.577056°N 120.647194°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1901 (first) 1934 (second) |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | wooden tower (first) metal skeletal tower (second) post light (current) |
| Automated | 1967 |
| Height | 20 feet (6.1 m) |
| Shape | square tower with balcony and lantern (first) pyramidal tower with balcony and lantern (second) |
| Power source | solar power  |
| Operator | Vanderberg Air Force Base[1][2] |
| Fog signal | 2 blasts every 20s. continuously |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1967 (current) |
| Focal height | 124 feet (38 m) |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens (original), aerobeacon (current) |
| Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 15s. |
Point Arguello Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Point Arguello in Santa Barbara County, California, serving the Santa Barbara Channel on the Gaviota Coast adjoining Vandenberg Space Force Base near the city of Lompoc, California.
The original Point Arguello lighthouse, built in 1901, had a white square tower attached to a one-story keeper's house. It had a fourth order Fresnel lens, which was transferred from the Point Hueneme Lighthouse. The tower was replaced in 1934 by a square pyramidal skeletal steel tower, which was in turn replaced by the current post light.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern California". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ "Archived copy". United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
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