Cape San Juan Light
Lighthouse in Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Lighthouse
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Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan
Cape San Juan Light (Faro de Las Cabezas de San Juan) is a historic lighthouse located on the northeastern part of the highest point of Cape San Juan in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The lighthouse was constructed in 1880 and was officially lit on May 2, 1882. The original illuminating apparatus, not changed until after 1898, had an 18-mile (29 km) range and displayed a fixed white light which every three minutes flashed red.
The lighthouse owned by the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust is part of the Las Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve.[3] The 316-acre (128 ha) reserve includes a bioluminescence bay, rare flora and fauna, various trails and boardwalks, and a scientific research center. Despite its small size, the reserve shelters seven different ecological systems, including beaches, lagoons, dry forest, coral reefs and mangroves.
In 1898, the lighthouse played a major role in the Battle of Fajardo during the Puerto Rican Campaign of the Spanish–American War. The lighthouse was listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States government on October 22, 1981.
In 2001, under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act, it became the first lighthouse to be transferred to a non-governmental organization in Puerto Rico.[4]
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References
- ^ a b c "Cape San Juan Light". Inventory of Historic Light Stations. National Park Service. September 18, 2006. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Las Cabezas de San Juan Lighthouse - Municipalities | EnciclopediaPR". Archived from the original on 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^ "Deputy Secretary Scarlett Leads Ceremony Transferring Las Cabezas de San Juan Lighthouse to The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico". U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
External links
- Faro De Las Cabezas De San Juan. National Park Service
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PR-18, "Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan, Cabezas de San Juan, Las Croabas, Fajardo Municipio, PR", 16 photos, 2 color transparencies, 6 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- Las Cabezas de San Juan Reserva Natural 'El Faro'. Lonely Planet review
- Puerto Rico Conservation Trust
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