Hams Bluff Light

Hams Bluff Light

Hams Bluff Light (historic photo)
Location	Saint Croix U.S. Virgin Islands
Coordinates	17°46′9.0″N 64°52′15.1″W
Tower
Constructed	1915 (first)
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	cast iron tower (first) metal skeletal tower (current)
Height	35 feet (11 m) (first) 30 feet (9.1 m)(current)
Shape	conical tower with balcony and lantern (first) square prism skeletal tower (current)
Markings	white tower (current)
Operator	United States Navy[1]
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	2010 (current)
Deactivated	2010
Focal height	394 feet (120 m) (current)
Range	16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)
Characteristic	Fl (2) W 30s.
Hans Bluff Light
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	less than one acre
NRHP reference No.	100004382
Added to NRHP	September 16, 2019

The Hams Bluff Light is an historic lighthouse on Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It was first lit in 1915 under the Danish Government. It was since transferred to the United States Lighthouse Service and later came under the jurisdiction of the United States Coast Guard. The historic tower has been abandoned; the beacon is now mounted on an adjacent new truss tower. The light displays two white flashes every 30 seconds at a focal plane of 394 feet (120 m).[2] The lighthouse was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

Gallery

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  Hams Bluff Light, 2014
• 
  Beacon on new truss tower, 2014
• 
  View from the sea

See also

• List of lighthouses in the United States Virgin Islands

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the U.S. Virgin Islands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
2. NOAA Nautical Chart 25644 "Frederksted Road"

• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the U.S. Virgin Islands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: West Indies / Virgin Islands". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

External links

• Ham's Bluff Light
• Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Virgin Islands National Park Service