File:Aerial view looking southwest, showing rear of lighthouse - Faro Isla de Culebritas, South side of Isla Culebrita, Culebra, Culebra Municipio, PR HAER PR,33-FRAI,1-5.tif

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Aerial view looking southwest, showing rear of lighthouse - Faro Isla de Culebritas, South side of Isla Culebrita, Culebra, Culebra Municipio, PR
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Aerial view looking southwest, showing rear of lighthouse - Faro Isla de Culebritas, South side of Isla Culebrita, Culebra, Culebra Municipio, PR
Description
U.S. Department of Commerce; Central Lighthouse Commission; Sautter, Lemmonnier, and Cie; Murphy, Kevin, transmitter; Morales, Luis, photographer; Nistal-Moret, Benjamin, historian
Depicted place Puerto Rico; Culebra Municipio; Culebra
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER PR,33-FRAI,1-5
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  • Significance: Isla Culebrita Light was built in 1886 on the western side of Virgin Passage. In both design and importance of location the stone structure is unique. In 1888 the 4th order light showed a fixed white light with a 12 mile range. The lenticular illuminating apparatus was manufactured by Sautter, Lemmonnier, and Cie. in 1884 or 1885 as a fixed 3 1/2 order lens. It had 75 cms. in diameter. It was formed by 4 panels. The central drum had 9 elements; 9 prisms in each panel above central drum and 4 below. The lantern - in situ - was also a 3 1/2 order, 2 mts. in diameter made of cast-iron, copper, and glass. A door led from the lantern to the cement gallery surrounded by a a cast-iron balustrade. Both, the lens and lantern were severely damaged by the 1932 hurricane (the lens was actually destroyed). The lantern was repaired and a 375 mm. lens was installed.
  • Survey number: HAER PR-12
  • Building/structure dates: 1886 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1932 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1959 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pr0042.photos.143175p
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Object location18° 18′ 18″ N, 65° 18′ 05″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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