Acta de Inauguración

On August 15, 1932, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, port officials, lighthouse personnel, civic authorities, and other local representatives gathered at the Port Captaincy for the opening of the port’s “Anterior” and “Posterior” leading lights. Present were Port Captain Roberto Alcazar, Master Lighthouse Keeper José Garcia Ortiz, Second Lighthouse Keeper Juan Rodríguez, the ceremonial sponsors of the two lights, and officials from maritime customs, the maritime guard, the municipal government, the federal telegraph office, migration, the courts, the post office, the local school, the National Agrarian Commission, local commerce, and workers’ groups. The lights were then put into operation, illuminating the port with a sixth-order dioptric lantern in the “Anterior” tower using AGA acetylene equipment, a K.-80 flasher, a ten-liter burner, and white flashing light at 90 flashes per minute, and a fourth-order dioptric lantern in the “Posterior” tower using an AGA acetylene lamp, a K-M-D-130 flasher, a fifty-liter burner, and a white light with one occultation. The lights stood in black-and-white truncated pyramidal masonry towers separated by 193 meters at north latitude 20 degrees 37 minutes 20 seconds. Their alignment served vessels taking anchorage within Banderas Bay, where water about 200 meters from the beach was nine to eleven fathoms deep. The opening took place at sunset, and by order of the Port Captain the lights were placed in the care of Second Lighthouse Keeper Juan Rodríguez.

Jalisco · Mexico