Talk:Point Sur Lighthouse

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How does the USS Chicago count as a "shipwreck" off Big Sur in 1933 when it was actually sunk in the Solomon Islands in 1943? The linked article about the USS Chicago does not even mention Big Sur or any incident on the Californian coast. It must have been an awfully minor "shipwreck" then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.131.238 (talk) 10:42, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Point Sur State Historic Park into Point Sur Lighthouse
The other article contains the substantive portion of the content and they should be combined — btphelps (talk to me) (what I've done) 00:54, 13 April 2020 (UTC) Nay to merge, as the lighthouse has a long and storied history. Furthermore, the park also now contains Naval Facility Point Sur which is distinct.PrisonerB (talk) 11:00, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Don't merge - This is a fairly substantial lighthouse article, which can easily standalone. As can the Point Sur State Historic Park article. (There is also some confusion about the direction of the proposed merger, as the title of this section is the opposite to the merge tags).- Jokulhlaup (talk) 10:56, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing, given the uncontested objections and no support. Klbrain (talk) 17:54, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

"Only complete turn-of-the-20th-century lightstation open to the public in California"
I'm confused by the statement that "Point Sur is the only complete turn-of-the-20th-century lightstation open to the public in California" which appears in this article and the SHP article. The statement in the article appears to be based on this text from the Monterey tourism website: "Erected in 1889, this Big Sur lighthouse has stayed in continuous operation since, and is the only complete lighthouse of its era open to the public in California."

Several other lighthouses from around the same time are open to the public. Here's a few:


 * Point Pinos Lighthouse, opened 1855
 * Point Cabrillo Light, opened 1909
 * Point Arena Light, opened 1870, current tower opened 1908
 * Point Reyes Lighthouse, opened 1870

There are many others listed at List of lighthouses in California. So, how narrow is the turn-of-the-20th-century era that qualifies Point Sur as the only similar facility open to the public? Point Cabrillo and Point Arena were opened within nine years of January 1, 1900. Seems like they're slightly more turn-of-the-20th-century than Point Sur's 1889 lighthouse. Rupert Clayton (talk) 18:49, 29 March 2021 (UTC)