Lincoln Rock Light

Lighthouse located on Lincoln Island, a small islet of Alaska, U.S.

Lighthouse

56°03′24″N 132°41′51″W / 56.056766°N 132.697464°W / 56.056766; -132.697464TowerConstructed1903 (first)
1944 (second)Foundationconcrete baseConstructionmetal skeletal tower (current)
wooden tower (first)Automated1968Height30 feet (9.1 m) (current)Shapesquare pyramidal tower (current)
square tower on roof a 2-storey keeper's house (first)Power sourcesolar power

OperatorUnited States Coast Guard^[1] ^[2]LightFirst lit1968 (current) located on Lincoln IslandDeactivated1968 (second)Focal height58 feet (18 m) (current)LensFourth-order Fresnel lensCharacteristicFl W 6s.

The Lincoln Rock Lighthouse was a lighthouse located on Lincoln Island, a small islet in Clarence Strait in southeastern Alaska, United States. It lay just off the west coast of Etolin Island, between it and Prince of Wales Island.

History

The original lighthouse was built in 1903 and was abandoned in 1909 after being damaged by a storm. In 1911 a manned fog signal station was built on Lincoln Island about 440 yards from the rock, and in 1944 a skeletal light tower was added. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1968. The lighthouse was later demolished and only the foundation of the buildings remain.

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Alaska". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
^ Alaska Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 7 June 2016

External links

"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Alaska" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Alaska". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Lighthouses of Alaska

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