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Point Fermin postcard face - click to enlarge

Point Fermin postcard obverse - click to enlarge

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Point Fermin

State: CA
Year established: 1874
Latitude: 33 deg 42 min 19 sec N
Longitude: 118 deg 17 min 34 sec W
Height above sea level: 100 feet

Original construction:
30-foot tall square Victorian redwood tower atop dwelling

Rebuilds:
1898: installed petroleum vapor incandescent lamp

Status:
1942: deactivated and replaced by a light on a pole; site is currently a Los Angeles City park

Notes:
restored by Sons and Daughters of the Golden West In 1974

More information:

http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/ptfermin.htm
http://www.sanpedrochamber.com/champint/ptfmlths.htm

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