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Inactive since 1918, when the lighthouse was nearly destroyed by a tsunami. The lighthouse was an octagonal cylindrical stone tower with lantern and gallery, rising from a 1-story stone keeper's house, similar to the Cabo San Juan lighthouse. Foundations and portions...

Lighthouse painted cream with white trim, lantern black.  Restored in 1992, the building formerly housed a small museum, the building has deteriorated and is now closed to the public. Located on the east side of the entrance to the harbor of Isabella Segunda (Vieques)...

Octagonal cylindrical stone tower rising from the center of 1-story stone keeper's house. Active light on skeletal tower next to the lighthouse. Lantern removed.  Endangered by decay and lack of maintenance, the lighthouse has fallen into ruin and has been added to...

Tower painted light gray with white trim, lantern black. The original 1-story neoclassical stone keeper's house is used as a nature center and marine laboratory operated by the College of Humacao of the University of Puerto Rico.  This beautiful and well-preserved...

Lighthouse painted white; lantern is black. Original 6th order Sautier, Lemonier & Cie. Fresnel lens is on display in the Coast Guard Museum in San Juan. Marinas.com has aerial photos, Colón-Sepúlveda has a historic photo and an aerial photo of the island and...

The Ceiba lighthouse entered service in 1908. It was designed following the style used for the San Juan lighthouse (El Morro), and constructed on Cabras Island, the eastern tip of Puerto Rico, opposite Vieques Island. The establishment of a lighthouse at this location...

Octagonal cylindrical masonry tower attached to a 1-story masonry keeper's house; lantern removed. The tower and and keeper's house are in ruins. The lighthouse was replaced by a buoy offshore. This is a critically endangered lighthouse; the building appears to be in...

Lighthouse painted white, lantern black; the keeper's house is painted cream with white trim. The original 3rd order Fresnel lens, somewhat damaged by vandals, remains in the tower but is not in use.   In 2006, George Van Parys founded a support organization called...

Lighthouse painted cream with white trim.  The original lantern and lens were destroyed by vandals in 1969. By early 2001, the lighthouse was in very poor shape, with no roof and only scraps of its lantern; this earned it a spot on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List....

Although a July 2006 photo shows the small modern light in the shattered lantern, it is amazing that this lighthouse is in service. As of late 2000, the building is in ruins, severely damaged by vandals and by Hurricanes Hugo (1989) and Marilyn (1995).  This is...

Lighthouse painted white, lantern black.  Poorly maintained, the light station is on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List,  holes in the roof are allowing rain to drench the interior. Caja de Muertos is a small island in the Caribbean about 5 miles southeast of Ponce;...

The lighthouse was renovated in 1986, but thereafter it was not maintained and rapidly deteriorated through neglect and vandalism. In early 2001 the lighthouse was in very poor condition. In June 2002 the city government announced it would spend $4.5 million to...

A hexagonal cylindrical stone tower attached to 1-story stone office and keeper's house; 190 mm lens. Tower painted white. The original lantern, removed many years ago, has been replaced by a restored lantern with an unpainted copper roof.  This is the last lighthouse...

Pyramidal skeletal cast iron tower with central cylinder, lantern and gallery. Originally painted black, the lighthouse is now covered with rust. The active light  is on a 40 ft  steel tower.  The lighthouse has deteriorated severely since deactivation and is in...

Tower painted white; the gallery and lantern roof are black.  The original lighthouse was destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami of 11 October 1918. The original lantern was installed on the new tower and remains in use today. The lighthouse is the centerpiece of El...