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Point Bonita Light Station

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On military reservation. Given to lighthouse by military authorities.

About 70 acres

about 70 acres

sandy loam

20'

5; Keeper's yard & dwelling; assistant's yard & dwelling; around windmill, pasture & Life-Saving Station.

Wharf with derrick & hoisting engine for lighthouse & wharf with derrick for quartermaster.

Narrow walk to lighthouse wharf, RR about 1,000' from tower.

By boat from San Francisco & by wagon from Sausalito

7 miles to Sausalito via Fort Baker.

7 miles

Hire a team in Sausalito or take quartermaster's steamer to Bonita Point.

Horse & cart furnished by Government to go to Sausalito, 7 miles distant

brick tower

1, 2nd order

1855

1877, repaired 1904

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