Castillo San Felipe del Morro Lighthouse, also known as Faro de Morro Port San Juan Light by the National Register of Historic Places and colloquially Faro del Castillo del Morro and Puerto San Juan Light, is a lighthouse atop the walls of Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Old San Juan. It's the first lighthouse built in Puerto Rico.[2]

Castillo San Felipe del Morro Lighthouse

Location	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coordinates	18°28′15.79″N 66°7′25.01″W
Tower
Constructed	1846
Foundation	Fort
Construction	Brick/Masonry (1908 tower)
Automated	1962
Height	15.5 m (51 ft)
Shape	Square tower on castle
Markings	Gray "Moorish revival"
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1908 (rebuilt tower by the U.S Coast Guard )
Focal height	55 m (180 ft)
Lens	Third order, Fresnel 1908
Range	24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi)
Characteristic	Fl(3) W 40s
Faro del Morro
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	Lighthouse System of Puerto Rico TR
NRHP reference No.	81000693 [1]
Added to NRHP	October 22, 1981

The first Castillo San Felipe del Morro Lighthouse was built in 1846 and exhibited a light using five parabolic reflectors.[2] In 1876, a new octagonal iron tower was constructed atop the walls of the fort .[1] The tower was hit by U.S. artillery fire in the Puerto Rican Campaign of the Spanish–American War on May 12, 1898. The lighthouse was rebuilt in 1899 but developed structural problems and was demolished in 1906. The new and current lighthouse was constructed in 1908 as a Moorish Revival style "square tower on castle".[3] Public admission tours into the tower are held, and the Castillo San Felipe del Morro, along with Castillo San Cristóbal and much of the city walls are part of the San Juan National Historic Site also open to the public.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Puerto Rico
• Castillo San Felipe del Morro

References

External links

• Media related to Castillo San Felipe del Morro Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PR-48-A, "Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Lighthouse, Northwest corner of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR", 5 measured drawings
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PR-23, "Castillo de San Felipe del Morro Lighthouse, Summit of Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, San Juan Antiguo (subdivision), San Juan Municipio, PR", 1 photo, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page