Californina Coastal Sentinel
Lighthouse construction virtually came to a halt during the Civil War, but efforts to procure a lighthouse for Santa Cruz were restarted in 1865. Congress allot...
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Lighthouse construction virtually came to a halt during the Civil War, but efforts to procure a lighthouse for Santa Cruz were restarted in 1865. Congress allotted $10,000 for the lighthouse on March 2, 1867, and in April 1868, a ruling by the California Supreme Court brought to an end the long-standing dispute over the property. The following month, ten acres on Point Santa Cruz were purchased from the now lawful owner for $2,400 in gold coin.The construction plans used for the original Ediz Hook Lighthouse in the Territory of Washington were recycled at Santa Cruz. The lighthouse was to be just that – a one-and-a-half-story house with a pitched roof surmounted by a square light tower. Work on the wooden structure, which would rest on a brick foundation, began in the summer of 1869 and was completed in just a couple of months at a contract price of $4,350. Meanwhile, the octagonal lantern room was fabricated at the lighthouse depot on New York’s Staten Island and then shipped to California. A fifth-order Fresnel lens and a lard-oil lamp were installed in the lantern room after its delayed arrival, and the lighthouse was ready for its first lighting on January 1, 1870. Santa Cruz Lighthouse entered service as the twelfth beacon along the California coast. It is the new home of the Santa Cruz surf museum.
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trainwoman
February 02, 2016
Awesome piece of history....great photo. What a sturdy building and the updated solar panels are a sweet touch.
mihrt
February 03, 2016
PS meant to say thanks for the History, means so much, never knew any of that!
nina050
February 04, 2016
This was supposed to be Magnificent Capture!!!!! Come on, Viewbug....! Fix this!!
sweetpea72
February 04, 2016
Love this...I have a shot of this lighthouse in my gallery I did a few years ago!! :)
chuckrickman
February 13, 2016
Awesome piece of history here Mark. Love the tones and way you presented it. NICE!
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