Lincoln Rock Light
Appearance
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Location | Lincoln Rock Clarence Strait Alaska United States |
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Coordinates | 56°03′24″N 132°41′51″W / 56.056766°N 132.697464°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1903 (first) 1944 (second) |
Foundation | concrete base |
Construction | metal skeletal tower (current) wooden tower (first) |
Automated | 1968 |
Height | 30 feet (9.1 m) (current) |
Shape | square pyramidal tower (current) square tower on roof a 2-storey keeper's house (first) |
Power source | solar power |
Operator | United States Coast Guard[1] [2] |
Light | |
First lit | 1968 (current) located on Lincoln Island |
Deactivated | 1968 (second) |
Focal height | 58 feet (18 m) (current) |
Lens | Fourth-order Fresnel lens |
Characteristic | Fl 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
[edit]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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- "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.