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Punta Borinquen Light (''Faro de Punta Borinquen'') is a lighthouse located in the old
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Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Aguadilla (, ), founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a city and municipality located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, and Moca and west of Isabela. Aguadilla is s ...
. The station was established in 1889 by the
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. With the opening of the
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in 1914, the lighthouse would become "the most important aid to navigation on the route from Europe to Panama". In 1917, the U.S Congress provided funding for a new lighthouse in higher ground. But before construction began on the new structure, the original lighthouse was severely damaged by the 1918 earthquake that struck the west part of the island. Construction on the new lighthouse was completed in 1922. The light is active aid to navigation and is a housing facility for the
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.


See also

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List of lighthouses in Puerto Rico The lighthouses system of Puerto Rico consists of lighthouses that were built mostly during the last twenty years of the nineteenth century. These served as guides to important marine routes. In 1869 the Spanish government approved the first pl ...


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* National Register of Historic Places in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Historic American Engineering Record in Puerto Rico Lighthouses completed in 1922 Lighthouses completed in 1889 Spanish Colonial architecture in Puerto Rico 1889 establishments in Puerto Rico 1922 establishments in Puerto Rico {{Lighthouse-stub