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Naval Reservation

06/16/1873

4.7 acres

clay

76' above sea level

stable yard, chicken yard, & garden

wharf

No road, a path along track for hoisting car about 60' from tower.

By boat ot wharf & by road from Mare Island Navy yard.

Distance by road to main gate of Navy yard about 3 miles.

About 3.5 miles to Vallejo PO

About 3.5 miles to Vallejo

S.P. train to Vallejo, or Monticello Steamship Co. boats to Vallejo from San Francisco

Drive from Vallejo, across ferry to Mare Island Navy Yard, & thence 3 miles by road.

tower built with dwelling

1873; Light 1st exhibited Sept. 1, 1873

New stable built 1903. Brick chimneys & illuminating apparatus repaired after 1906 earthquake.

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