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Fort Point Light
Fort Point Light Station
San Francisco · San Francisco County · Bay Area
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A small lighthouse and fog signal operated at Fort Point (beneath the Golden Gate Bridge approach) from 1855 until it was demolished in 1934 during construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. The site is now within Fort Point National Historic Site (NPS).
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Demolished to make way for the Golden Gate Bridge; the only California lighthouse destroyed by a major infrastructure project. The fort itself is open to visitors.
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- Officialnps.gov/fopo/index.htm
- Officialen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Point_Light
- Secondaryen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Point_Light
- Imagescommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Point_Light.jpg
Image rights: NPS images generally public domain. Historic images at Library of Congress public domain.
Research confidence: high · Last verified 2026-05-13