Alki Point Light

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Alki Point Light
Location:	West Seattle, Washington
Coordinates	47°34′35″N 122°25′14″W / 47.57639°N 122.42056°W / 47.57639; -122.42056
Year first lit:	1913
Automated:	1984
Foundation:	Concrete
Construction:	Masonry
Tower shape:	White octagonal tower with red and black trim attached to building
Height:	37 ft (39 ft above sea level)
Original lens:	Fourth order Fresnel lens (removed)
Range:	15 nautical miles (28 km)
Characteristic:	Flashing White 5s. Emergency light isophase white 6s. Lighted throughout 24 hours.

Alki Point Lighthouse, 2007

The Alki Point Light is located at Alki Point, at the southern entrance to Seattle's Elliott Bay. In 1887, the United States Lighthouse Board finally recognized the need for an official light and placed a lens-lantern atop a wooden post at the point.

Several years later, the Lighthouse Service decided to upgrade the light and add a fog signal at the point. The present concrete fog signal building with the 37-foot octagonal tower was completed in 1913.

The fourth-order Fresnel lens was eventually replaced by a modern optic during the 1960s. Alki Point remains in service today. It is listed as Alki Point Light, number 16915 in USCG light lists.

[edit] References

• United States Coast Guard - Historic Light Station Information & Photography - Washington
• National Park Service - Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Alki Point Light

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "Historic Light Station Information & Photography - Washington, United States Coast Guard".
 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "National Park Service - Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Alki Point Light, National Park Service".

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