On which island is the oldest operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the USA
Point Pinos Lighthouse Point Pinos Lighthouse Point Pinos Lighthouse was lit in 1855 to guide ships on the Pacific coast of California. It is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States and even the lens is original. Alcatraz Island Lighthouse preceded Point Pinos by 8 months, but was replaced in 1909 by the expanding military prison. The Point Pinos Lighthouse is still an active Coast Guard aid to navigation. On-site museum exhibits and other lighthouse related functions are operated by the city of Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California. The lighthouse is surrounded by the Pacific Grove Municipal
Convicts on the West Coast of Tasmania ship of convicts — the "Lady Juliana". No mention of Davey or his work on the Sarah Island convicts is noted at all in Rees's book about James Porter, yet dealing with the same subject. Convicts on the West Coast of Tasmania The West Coast of Tasmania has a significant convict heritage. The use of the West Coast as an outpost to house convicts in isolated penal settlements occurred in the era 1822–33, and 1846–47. The main locations were Sarah Island (known by many in the late twentieth century as Settlement Island) and Grummet Island in Macquarie Harbour. The entrance