Point Retreat Light
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| Location | Admiralty Island, Lynn Canal, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 58°24′40″N 134°57′11″W / 58.411°N 134.953°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1904  |
| Foundation | Concrete |
| Construction | Concrete |
| Automated | 1973 |
| Height | 63 feet (19 m) above sea level |
| Shape | White art deco square tower |
| Power source | solar power |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1904 |
| Lens | First order Fresnel lens 1904 |
| Range | 9 nm |
| Characteristic | Flashing white 6s |
Point Retreat Light is a lighthouse located on the Mansfield Peninsula at the northern tip of Admiralty Island in southeastern Alaska, USA. It provides aid in navigation through the Lynn Canal.
Naming
Point Retreat was named by Joseph Whidbey on July 19, 1794 because of his need to retreat from local Tlingit.[2]
History
Point Retreat was set aside as a 1,505-acre (609 ha) lighthouse reserve in 1901 by executive order of President William McKinley, but the point had to wait for its lighthouse due to inadequate funding. Point Retreat was first lit in 1904 and displayed a fixed white light. The first Point Retreat Lighthouse was a six-foot-tall hexagonal wooden tower, topped by a hexagonal lantern room. In 1917, Point Retreat was stripped of its personnel and downgraded to a minor light until 1924, when a new combination lighthouse and fog signal was built. The lantern was removed in the 1950s and a solar powered 300 mm lens was installed on a post attached to the tower. In 1973 the light was again unmanned and downgraded to a minor light again.
In 2003 the light was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1][3]
Gallery
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Wagner, Henry (1937). The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 385.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ David Benton (May 1, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Point Retreat Light Station / Point Retreat Lighthouse AHRS Site No. JUN-00084" (PDF). National Park Service.
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External links
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Alaska" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- Lighthouse Friends — Point Retreat Lighthouse
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Alaska". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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