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Year first lit
  
n/a (current)

Foundation
  
wooden piles

Material
  
Wood

Automated
  
yes

Opened
  
1905

Year first constructed
  
1905 (first)

Southampton Shoal Light

Location
  
Southampton Shoals San Francisco Bay California United States

Construction
  
wooden tower (first) metal pole (current)

Tower shape
  
square parallelepiped tower with balcony and lantern on a 3-storey keeper's house (first) pole with beacon on platform (current)

Address
  
37°52′54.981″N 00.837″W, Albany, NY 12224, United States

Similar
  
Point Blunt Light, Oakland Harbor Light, Fort Point Light - San Francisco, Farallon Island Light, Carquinez Strait Light

Southampton Shoal is a former lighthouse site in California, United States. A platform sits at the southwest edge of Southampton Shoals, northeast of Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay. The platform is all that remains of the original structure and supports an automated bell which chimes every ten seconds and red light mounted on a pole, which flashes on for three seconds and is then dark for 3 seconds in each six second cycle (Iso R 6s).

History

Southampton Shoal Lighthouse was a square building built on a platform supported by wooden piers. It was built and first lit in 1905 with a fifth order Fresnel lens. The original lens is on display at the Angel Island Interpretive Center.

In 1960, the structure was moved to Tinsley Island 38.035986°N 121.494152°W / 38.035986; -121.494152 which is a private island in the San Joaquin River delta close to Stockton. The island is owned by the St. Francis Yacht Club of San Francisco. The building is now in use for lodging.

References

Southampton Shoal Light Wikipedia