Rubicon Point Light

Rubicon Point Light, a small lighthouse on Lake Tahoe in California, stood about 6,300 feet above sea level and was regarded as one of the highest-elevation lighthouses in the United States, with a beam visible across much of the lake. Requested in 1913 and built in 1916 under J. J. Bodilsen, it used acetylene supplied by two 300-gallon tanks hauled to the site. Its service was brief: official records end it in 1919, though some recollections place it later. High maintenance costs at the exposed site likely caused its early abandonment, and it was later replaced by a light at Sugar Pine Point.

Tahoma, California · United States