Wellfleet Lighthouse in California

Twenty miles south of San Francisco a little piece of Wellfleet lights up a corner of California. For decades Wellfleet historians have believed that a 30' lighthouse built in 1881 overlooking Wellfleet harbor was demolished in 1925.  It turns out that rather than being demolished the iron lighthouse was deconstructed bolt by bolt and beam by beam and shipped off to California to be rebuilt overlooking the Pacific. This nugget of historical correction was discovered by Colleen MacNeney who reported her finding in this month's edition of Lighthouse Digest.   With a modern light and optic the Point Montara light remains active today, guiding ships into the Golden Gate.  The keeper's abode is now a hostel. Point Montara is shown below.  See images of Point Montara Lighthouse here. View Larger Map Set as favorite Bookmark Email This Hits: 273 Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Email Comment smaller | bigger I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage. Write the displayed characters Add Comment

Last Updated ( Thursday, 05 June 2008 )

 

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