Fort Point Light (Texas)

Infobox Lighthouse
name= Fort Point Light


caption = Undated photograph of Fort Point Light in Texas (USCG)
location = Entrance to Galveston Bay, Texas
coordinates = coord|29.337|N|94.770|W (approx.)
yearbuilt = 1881
yearlit = 1882
automated =
yeardeactivated = 1909
foundation = screw-pile
construction = cast-iron/wood
shape = hexagonal house
height = 47 ft
currentlens =
lens = Fourth order Fresnel lens
range =
characteristic = Fixed white with several red and dark sectors

:"For the light in San Francisco, see Fort Point Light (California)".

Fort Point Light was a lighthouse located on the south side of the entrance to Galveston Bay in Texas.

History

This light was not long-lived. Although the land was reserved for the Republic of Texas as far back as 1836, Congress did not appropriate construction funds until 1878, and the light was not completed until 1882. Eleven years later, the light was discontinued, but the station continued to serve as a fog signal until 1950, with the light being dismantled three years later. A modern beacon stands near the site as a range light for one of the large ship channel segments.

References

*Cite web
url = http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHTX.html
title = Texas Light Stations
publisher = United States Coast Guard
accessdate = 2008-01-11
* cite map
publisher = NOAA
title = Galveston Bay, Texas
url = http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/11326.shtml
edition = 35
year = 2007
cartography=
scale = 1:80,000
series =
page =
section =
accessdate = 2008-01-11
accessmonth=
accessyear =
isbn =
id = Chart 11326