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Managing Organization:
Private owner
Notes:
This lighthouse was sold into private hands in 1947. In 1968 a movie called "My Sweet Charlie" with Patty Duke was filmed at the lighthouse. Height of Focal Plane: 117 Description of Tower: Conical brick tower sheathed in iron plates.
This light is not operational
Earlier Towers?
1852: 65-foot cast iron tower, raised to 90 feet in 1858. 1865: Temporary 34-foot wooden tower. Date Established: 1852 Date Present Tower Built: 1872 Date Deactivated: 1933 Optics: 1852: Multiple lamps and reflectors; 1858: Third order Fresnel lens; 1865: Fourth order Fresnel lens; 1872: Third order Fresnel lens; 1881: Second order Fresnel lens; 1907: Third order Fresnel lens (now at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.). Current Use: Privately owned. Open To Public? No. Directions:
The lighthouse is near Highway 87 in Bolivar. It can be seen from the Bolivar-Galveston ferry. Keepers: Harry C. Claiborne (1873-1918); J. B. Brooks (1918-?).
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