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Point Pinos Light Station

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SW point of Monterey Bay

03/15/1870

08/20/1901

Orig. reservation 25 acres. Additional about 67.

about 92 acres

sandy

1300'

Oval wooden board fence inclosing lighthouse, oil house & shop. Wire fence with wooden top boards incloses reservation. Board fence inclosing barn yard.

none

Good, gravel road to wharf at Monterey - about 3.5 miles.

By private conveyance from Monterey. By S.P.RR from 3rd & Townsend Sts, San Francisco to Monterey or Pacific Grove, for passengers or freight & for freight by PCS Ship Co. from San Francisco to Monterey Wharf.

to Monterey Wharf - 3.5 miles

3.5 miles Monterey

1 3/4 miles to Pacific Grove

none

Livery stables in Monterey (steamboat landing) & Pacific Grove.

tower

February 1, 1855

1906

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Premises | Lantern and Fixtures | Ventilators and Watchroom | Illuminating Apparatus | Closets and Storerooms

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