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Honolulu Harbor Light (Minor Light of Oahu)

Nov. 4, 2019
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Honolulu Harbor Light (Minor Light of Oahu), Honolulu Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii

HONOLULU HARBOR LIGHT

Location: HONOLULU HARBOR NEAR OAHU, HAWAII
Station Established: 1869
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1969
Operational? NO
Automated? NO
Deactivated: N/A
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: CONCRETE
Tower Shape: SQUARE
Markings/Pattern: GREY
Relationship to Other Structure: SEPARATE
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL

Historical Information

  • The original Honolulu Harbor Light was built in 1826. It was a white wooden structure on piles. It was nicknamed the Harbor Wink.
  • In 1910 a grey, square concrete tower was built. 
  • That structure was replaced by the Aloha Tower in a different location. The Honolulu Harbor Light was destroyed in 1934.
  • The Aloha Tower was deactivated in 1970. The tower served as a communications and harbor control center. The light has been deactivated.
  • The Aloha Tower is open to the public and is part of a marketplace.

Researched and written by Melissa Buckler, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.