Location Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Foundation Stone Tower shape Cylindrical Automated 1976 Added to NRHP 1981 | Year first lit 1920 Construction stone First lit 1920 Material Stone | |
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Original lens Fourth-order, Fresnel 1889 Address Ave Borinquen, Borinquen, Aguadilla 00603, Puerto Rico Similar Las Cascadas Water Park, Colón Park, El Parterre, Crash Boat Beach, Punta Higuero Light | ||
Punta Borinquen Light (Faro de Punta Borinquen) is a lighthouse located in the old Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The station was established in 1889 by the Spanish government. With the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, the lighthouse would become "the most important aid to navigation on the route from Europe to Panama". In 1917, the U.S Congress provided funding for a new lighthouse in higher ground.
But before construction began on the new structure, the original lighthouse was severely damaged by the 1918 earthquake that struck the west part of the island. Construction on the new lighthouse was completed on 1922. The light is active aid to navigation and is a housing facility for the United States Coast Guard.
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