Burrows Island Light

Burrows Island Light

Location	Burrows Island, Washington
Coordinates	48°28′41″N 122°42′49″W
Year first lit	1906
Automated	1972
Foundation	Stone
Construction	Wood
Tower shape	White square tower on fog signal building
Height	34 ft (57 feet above sea level)
Original lens	Fourth-order Fresnel lens (removed)
Range	9 nm
Characteristic	Flashing white light every 6 s. Emergency light Iso W 6 s, operates at reduced intensity. Horn: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si).

The Burrows Island Light on Burrows Island near the Rosario Strait, Washington, was first lit April 1, 1906. The Daboll trumpet fog signal blew the next year for 329 hours. The 34-foot square tower is attached to the fog signal building and once held a fourth-order Fresnel lens.

The wood-framed lighthouse stands nears the island's shoreline, which mainly consists of sharp and rocky drop-offs. Automated in 1972, the Fresnel lens was replaced with modern optics and a helicopter landing pad located where the lighthouse keeper's home formerly stood.

External links

Media related to Burrows Island at Wikimedia Commons

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Washington". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHWA.asp. 
• National Park Service - Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Burrows Island 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 "Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Burrows Island Light, National Park Service".