Faro de los Morillos de Cabo Rojo, Los Morillos de Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR
Summary
Significance: Cabo Rojo Light was built in 1882 as a 3rd order light with 18 miles range that showed a white light eclipsed every minute. The present structure stands very much as it was back in 1882; although structural alterations have been introduced.
Survey number: HAER PR-11
Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1959 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1967 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
U.S. Department of Commerce
Central Lighthouse Commission
Sautter, Lemmonier, & Cie
Murphy, Kevin, transmitter
Morales, Luis, photographer
Nistal-Moret, Benjamin, historian
Location
Cabo Rojo Zona Urbana, 18.08753, -67.14700
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html