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Makapu'u Point Light

Coordinates: 21°18′36″N 157°38′59″W / 21.309889°N 157.649748°W / 21.309889; -157.649748
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Makapuu Point Light
Makapuʻu Point Light (USCG) undated archival photograph (note the men in the picture)
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Locationsoutheast point of Oahu
Coordinates21°18′36″N 157°38′59″W / 21.309889°N 157.649748°W / 21.309889; -157.649748
Year first constructed1909
Year first lit1909[1][2]
Automated1974[1][2]
Foundationmasonry basement[1][2]
Constructionbrick tower[1][2]
Tower shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern[1][2]
Markings / patternwhite tower, red lantern roof and gray trim and parapet.[3]
Tower height46 feet (14 m)[2]
Focal height420 feet (130 m)[2]
Original lenshyperradiant Fresnel lens[2]
Intensity115,000 candlepower white [4]
Range19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi)[5]
CharacteristicOc W 10s,[5]
Managing agentUnited States Coast Guard
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
U.S. Coast Guard Makapuu Point Light
Nearest cityWaimanalo, Hawaii
ArchitectU.S. Coast Guard
NRHP reference No.77000447[6]
Added to NRHPDecember 7, 1977
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The Makapuʻu Point Light is a lighthouse. It is on the island of Oʻahu. It has the largest lens of any lighthouse in the United States.[1][2][7][8] It was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[6]

Makapuu-Lighthouse-Oahu-Hawaii

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Hawaii". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Makapuu Point Light". National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Lights. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  3. ↑ "Makapu'u, HI". Anderson, Kraig. Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  4. ↑ Makapuu Point Light at U.S. Lighthouses.com.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hawai'ian Islands (Map) (38 ed.). 1:600,000. NOAA. May 1, 2006. Chart 19004. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  7. ↑ Amateur Radio Light House Society, Makapuu point (Oahu) light #HAW-005.
  8. ↑ Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights.

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