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List Of Lighthouses In Washington (state)
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are eighteen active lights in the state; three are standing but inactive, three were supplanted by automated towers, and two have been completely demolished. Two lights, one of them still active, serve as museums. The Cape Disappointment Light was the first lighthouse in the state (lit 1856) and is still active. If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard ''Light List'', while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses. References {{Lighthouses in the United States Lists of lighthouses in the United States, Washington (state) Lighthouses in Washington (state), Washington (state) transportation-related lists, Lighthouses Lists of buildings and structures in Washington (sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks, and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and has become uneconomical since the advent of much cheaper, more sophisticated and effective electronic navigational systems. History Ancient lighthouses Before the development of clearly defined ports, mariners were guided by fires built on hilltops. Since elevating the fire would improve the visibility, placing the fire on a platform became a practice that led to the development of the lighthouse. In antiquity, the lighthouse functioned more as an entrance marker to ports than as a warning signal for reefs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bush Point Light
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Destruction Island Lighthouse
Destruction Island Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse on Destruction Island, a rocky island that is part of the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge lying about off the coast of Jefferson County, Washington, in the northwest of the United States. History Construction of the Destruction Island Lighthouse began in 1890. The island was proposed as a site for a lighthouse years earlier, but a shortage of funds and shifting priorities delayed the project. After the conical tower was complete, it was wrapped in a skin of iron to protect it from the elements. The Foghorn, fog signal was placed in operation November 1, 1891, and the five concentric wicks of the lamp were set afire on January 1, 1892. The tower's first order Fresnel lens stood above sea level and was visible for . The United States Coast Guard, Coast Guard assumed responsibility for the lighthouse in 1939; it was automated in November 1968. In 1963, the Coast Guard's attempt to turn off the beacon for goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destruction Island Light
Destruction Island Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse on Destruction Island, a rocky island that is part of the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge lying about off the coast of Jefferson County, Washington, in the northwest of the United States. History Construction of the Destruction Island Lighthouse began in 1890. The island was proposed as a site for a lighthouse years earlier, but a shortage of funds and shifting priorities delayed the project. After the conical tower was complete, it was wrapped in a skin of iron to protect it from the elements. The fog signal was placed in operation November 1, 1891, and the five concentric wicks of the lamp were set afire on January 1, 1892. The tower's first order Fresnel lens stood above sea level and was visible for . The Coast Guard assumed responsibility for the lighthouse in 1939; it was automated in November 1968. In 1963, the Coast Guard's attempt to turn off the beacon for good was scuttled by the protests of lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennewick, Washington
Kennewick () is a city in Benton County, Washington, Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It is located along the southwest bank of the Columbia River, just southeast of the confluence of the Columbia and Yakima River, Yakima rivers and across from the confluence of the Columbia and Snake River, Snake rivers. It is the most populous of the three cities collectively referred to as the Tri-Cities, Washington, Tri-Cities (the others being Pasco, Washington, Pasco and Richland, Washington, Richland). The population was 83,921 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The discovery of Kennewick Man along the banks of the Columbia River provides evidence of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans' settlement of the area for at least 9,000 years. American settlers began moving into the region in the late 19th century as transportation infrastructure was built to connect Kennewick to other settlements along the Columbia River. The cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clover Island Lighthouse
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Clover Island
Clover Island is a small island in the Columbia River located between the Blue Bridge and the Cable Bridge in Kennewick, Washington. It is roughly long, wide and has an area of . The island is owned by the Port of Kennewick. Prior to the construction of the McNary Dam near Umatilla, Oregon, Clover Island had an area of around .Clover Island Rewenal Accessed 2016-02-21 Members of the visited Clover Island on October 17, 1805, while en route to the . Amenities Unlike |
San Juan Island, Washington
San Juan Island is the second-largest and most populous of the San Juan Islands in northwestern Washington, United States. It has a land area of 142.59 km2 (55.053 sq mi) and a population of 6,822 as of the 2000 census. Washington State Ferries serves Friday Harbor, which is San Juan Island's major population center, the San Juan County seat, and the only incorporated town in the islands. History The name "San Juan" originates from the 1791 expedition of Francisco de Eliza, who named the archipelago ''Isla y Archipiélago de San Juan'' to honor his patron sponsor, Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo. One of the officers under Eliza's command, Gonzalo López de Haro, was the first European to discover San Juan Island. During the Wilkes Expedition, American explorer Charles Wilkes renamed the island ''Rodgers Island''; the Spanish name remained on British nautical charts and over time became the island's official name. The i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cattle Point Light
Cattle Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the southeastern tip of San Juan Island overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca where the Haro Straits meet the San Juan Channel, in San Juan County, Washington. The light lies adjacent to the state's Cattle Point Natural Resources Conservation Area and, since 2013, is part of the San Juan Islands National Monument. History The first light at Cattle Point was a lens lantern on a post erected in 1888. In 1921, the U.S. Navy installed a radio compass station. The modern , octagonal, concrete tower on Cattle Point was erected in 1935. Following automation in the late 1950s, the tower's lantern was removed and replaced with a 250-mm drum lens that sits on a short mast on top of the tower. The lighthouse received a temporary makeover in 1984, when it was used as a backdrop for an Exxon television commercial. The commercial's ahistorical additions were subsequently removed. The Coast Guard A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime secur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatoosh Island, Washington
Tatoosh Island is a small island and small group of islands about offshore (northwest) of Cape Flattery, which is on the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Tatoosh is the largest of a small group of islands also often referred to as simply "Tatoosh Island", which are almost as far west as Cape Alava, which is about to the south and the westernmost point in the contiguous 48 states. The islands are part of the Makah Reservation and a part of Clallam County. The total land area of the island group is . Historically, Tatoosh Island was inhabited seasonally by Makah fishing camps and employees of the United States Coast Guard, Weather Bureau, and Navy. Currently, there is no resident population on the islands. Access to the island requires written permission of the Makah tribe. The island's name comes from a Makah chief known as Tatoosh (also Tatooche or Tetacus). Tatoosh Island has been home to Cape Flattery Light, which overlooks the entrance to the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Flattery Light
The Cape Flattery Light is a historic lighthouse structure located at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Neah Bay, Clallam County, Washington, Clallam County, in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington, within the Makah Indian Reservation. The deactivated lighthouse sits on Tatoosh Island, Washington, Tatoosh Island, which is named after Chief Tatooche of the Makah people, Makah Tribe. It is the northwesternmost lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States, West Coast of the contiguous United States. Although closed to the public, it can be viewed from Cape Flattery (Washington), Cape Flattery via a short 30-minute walk. History The lighthouse was built in 1854 based on the design by Ammi B. Young. Its first light was displayed from a Fresnel lens#Sizes of lighthouse lenses, first-order lens in 1857 and was Washington Territory's third lighthouse. The house with a tower from the center still stands; the tower's light stands above water. A fog signal bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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