This historic lighthouse has marked the entrance to the Port of Los Angeles since 1913.  The breakwater is 9,250 feet long and contains nearly 3 million tons of rock brought over from Santa Catalina Island.  Designed differently than anyother California lighthouse, Angels Gate is situated on a 40 foot concrete square.  Built to withstand rough seas, the framwork is of structural steel.  The lighthouse is so well constructed that, after a 5 day storm in 1939 sent violent seas smashing into the building, the 73 foot tall Romanesque tower leaned slightly to the shore, but still stood defiantlly as it does to this day.

The lighthouse was automated in 1973, thus eliminating the need for keepers.  The 2 note blast from its foghorn is a familiar sound to the locals.  Mariners entering Angels Gate are guided by the lighthouses rotating green light.  When a deepsea vessel makes her maidan voyage throiugh Angels Gate the master is presented with a plaque with the likeness of the light, an offical greeting from the City of Los Angeles and the lighthouse who watches over her port.

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