Fort Point Light (Texas)

Fort Point Light

cast-iron/wood

Height	47 feet (14 m)
Shape	hexagonal house
Light
First lit	1882
Deactivated	1909
Lens	Fourth order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	Fixed white with several red and dark sectors

Fort Point Light was a lighthouse located on the south side of the entrance to Galveston Bay in Texas.

History

This light was not long-lived. Although the land was reserved for the

for one of the large ship channel segments.

References

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Texas". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
• Galveston Bay, Texas (Map) (35 ed.). 1:80,000.
  NOAA
  . 2007. Chart 11326. Retrieved 2008-01-11.