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Guanica >
El Bosque Seco >
Guanica Lighthouse
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Rectangular one story brick building with 33' octogonal tower rising from the center. The structure is in near ruins. Nearby is the active Guanica Rear Range light, a modern steel tower. 12.13.2023 - A series of earthquakes occurred in January 2020 that have brought the light house to near ruins. Click on the "See a map of this location", and zoom in for the Google pin "Antiguo Faro de Guanica" for tons of current pics...
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Type: Building
Status: Abandoned
Accessibility: Easy, located on nature reserve
Recommendation: worth the trip
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unsafe flooring roof collapse
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In the tower their are some stairs which still hang from the top though most are gone.
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basically nothing, area of preserve is lazily fenced off
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Built in 1893 the Guanica Lighthouse once held a Sixth order Fresnel lens that showed a white light visible 8 miles away. The area that the lighthouse is in played host to an invasion by the Americans in 1898. In 1950 the historic lighthouse was decomissioned and the Fresnel lens removed. The active light is now on a 40' steel tower known as Guanica Rear Range Light. The old structure is in ruins now but there has been some interest in restoration.
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I heard something about restoration a while ago but have not heard anything new since, as far as I know it's still abandoned.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 12/14/2023 1:03 AM.
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on Dec 14 23 at 1:03, Emperor Wang validated this location on Dec 14 23 at 1:00, Emperor Wang changed the following: History, Hazards, Interesting Features, Future Plans, Description on Dec 13 23 at 19:56, fr00tCake changed the following: Description on Dec 13 23 at 19:55, fr00tCake changed the following: History, Description on Dec 13 23 at 19:52, fr00tCake changed the following: Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy, Prefer Satellite, History, Web Links on Apr 18 11 at 12:46, Emperor Wang validated this location on Apr 18 11 at 1:58, MindHacker updated gallery 2011 on Apr 18 11 at 1:58, MindHacker updated gallery picture From the ground on Apr 18 11 at 1:58, MindHacker updated gallery picture Staircase on Apr 18 11 at 1:58, MindHacker updated gallery picture I brought rappelling gear.
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