Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Hawaii Lighthouses--Molokai (Kalaupapa) Light

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MOLOKAI (KALAUPAPA) LIGHT

State: HAWAII
Location: KALAUPAPA PENINSULA/NORTH SIDE
Nearest City: KALUAPAPA
County: MAUI
Year Station Established: 1909
Year Automated: 1970
Year Existing Historic Tower Constructed: 1909

Photo by Stephen T. Kozosky, 1996

Existing Historic Tower:

Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Foundation Materials: MASONRY
Construction Materials: CONCRETE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE WITH BLACK LANTERN
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 138
Height of Focal Plane: 213
Original Optic: SECOND ORDER BIVALVE, FRESNEL (1909)
Present Optic: DCB-24 (1997)

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Fog Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1909
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: BUNGALOW
Construction Materials: VOLCANIC ROCK

Other Structures: STORAGE BUILDING, SECOND CONCRETE KEEPERS QUARTERS (1951)

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (KALAUPAPA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL PARK

Open to the Public? YES; TOURS BY APPOINTMENT

Access: CONTACT PARK
Address:KALAUPAPA NHP, P.O. BOX 2222, KALAUPAPA, HI 96742
Public Phone: 808-567-6802, EXT. 22 OR 26
Email: kala_interpretation@nps.gov

National Register Status: LISTED: U.S. COAST GUARD MOLOKAI LIGHT

Documented by HABS/HAER? YES (HI-99)

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Mon, Feb 25 2002 1:24:02 pm EDT
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