We stopped at the Point Vicente Lighthouse today for their monthly open house. We didn’t intend to stop, but we saw this beautifully restored 1947 Pontiac station wagon on the road, and the driver pulled into the lighthouse station. We were compelled to follow him in – I just can’t resist a good photo op. Minstrel has some details about the station wagon – A Classic 1947 Pontiac ‘Woody.’
The Point Vicente Lighthouse is an important landmark and beacon light relied on by thousands of ships and pleasure craft. It provides a means of fixing their position, and ensuring their safe passage up and down the coast. The Point Vicente Light Station has been guiding sailing vessels to and from the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbors since March 1926. It was first operated and maintained by the United States Lighthouse Service for 13 years prior to the service being merged with the U.S. Coast Guard, which was delegated all aid-to-navigation responsibilities in 1939. The lighthouse was manned until 1971 when it was automated by a remote electronic aids-to-navigation monitoring system.
Wikipedia has details about this classic lighthouse here.
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