Long Beach Light

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
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File:USCGlongbeachRobot.JPG Robot Light, taken 1949 by U.S. Coast Guard Archive
Location	Long Beach Harbor California United States
Coordinates
Constructed	n/a (first)
Foundation	concrete piles
Construction	concrete building (current) metal skeletal tower (first)
Automated	1949
Height	42 feet (13 m)
Shape	two-stage rectangular building with light on flat roof (current) square tower with double balcony and lanten (first)
Markings	white building (current)
Operator	United States Coast Guard
Fog signal	blast every 30s. continuously
Light
First lit	1949 (current)
Focal height	50 feet (15 m)
Lens	36 inches (910 mm)
Range	20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 5s.

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

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.

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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

• List of lighthouses in the United States
• San Pedro Bay (California)