Five Finger Islands Light
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| Location | Frederick Sound, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 57°16′13″N 133°37′53″W / 57.27028°N 133.63139°WCoordinates: 57°16′13″N 133°37′53″W / 57.27028°N 133.63139°W |
| Year first constructed | 1902 |
| Year first lit | 1935 (current tower) |
| Automated | 1984 |
| Foundation | Concrete pier |
| Construction | Concrete |
| Tower shape | Square |
| Height | 68 ft (81 feet above sea level) |
| Original lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 18 nm |
| Characteristic | White art deco markings, flashing white 10s. Emergency light Fl W 6s of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. |
| Admiralty number | G6342 |
| ARLHS number | ALK-007 |
| USCG number | 6-23280 |
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Five Finger Light Station
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| Nearest city: | Petersburg, Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 57°16′14″N 133°37′49″W / 57.27056°N 133.63028°WCoordinates: 57°16′14″N 133°37′49″W / 57.27056°N 133.63028°W |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1902 |
| Architect: | U.S. Lighthouse Service; U.S. Lighthouse Board |
| Architectural style: | Modern Movement |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Light Stations of the United States MPS |
| NRHP Reference#: |
04000416 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | May 12, 2004 |
The Five Finger Islands Light is a lighthouse located on a small island that lies between Stephens Passage and Frederick Sound in southeastern Alaska. It was the last lighthouse in Alaska to be automated on August 14, 1984.
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[edit] History
In 1901, a contract of $22,500 was awarded to construct a lighthouse on the southernmost of the Five Finger Islands. Completed in 1902, it was a rectangular lighthouse with a square tower, elevated several feet above the surrounding hipped roof. Atop the tower sat a lantern room from which a fourth-order Fresnel lens produced a fixed beam of white light at a focal plane of 68 feet (21 m). The original structure burned down in December 1933. The tower was rebuilt using public works appropriations. The current structure is made of concrete, which was completed and relit in 1935. It was automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1984.
[edit] Gallery
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Original 1902 Lighthouse – USCG archive photo
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1992
[edit] External links
- 2007 U.S. postage stamp featuring Five Finger Islands Light
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Alaska". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHAK.asp.
- Lighthouse Friends — Five Finger Islands Lighthouse
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Alaska". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/ak.htm.
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
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