Barbers Point Light (Hawaii)
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Barbers Point Light is a
lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...
on the island of
Oahu Oahu (, , sometimes written Oahu) is the third-largest and most populated island of the Hawaiian Islands and of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital, Honolulu, is on Oahu's southeast coast. The island of Oahu and the uninhabited Northwe ...
in
Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
. The lighthouse stands on Barbers Point outside of Kalaeloa on the southwest tip of the island. It is named after Captain Henry Barber. The lighthouse was established in 1888. A second tower was built in 1933. The light was listed on the
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in 2024.


Keepers

* William Hatton Aalona 1888 – 1907 * Isaac Kalua 1907 * Harry Gregson 1907 – 1909 * William F. Williams 1909 * Samuel Apolo Amalu 1909 – 1913 * Robert I. Reid 1913 – 1916 * Manuel Ferreira 1916 – 1925 * Charles K. Akana 1925 – 1929 * Samuel Apolo Amalu 1929 – 1941 * John M. Sweeney 1941 * Manuel Ferreira 1942 – 1944 * James Conrad 1945 - 1947 * Fred E. Robins, Sr. 1953 – 1964Lighthouse Friends


See also

* List of lighthouses in Hawaii


Notes


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External links

* Lighthouses completed in 1888 Lighthouses completed in 1933 Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii Buildings and structures in Honolulu County, Hawaii 1888 establishments in Hawaii National Register of Historic Places in Honolulu County, Hawaii {{US-lighthouse-stub