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The Mary Island Light Station is a
Mary Island Light Station was opened in 1903, and was one of a series of staffed lights established by the U.S. Government to guide ships through the treacherous waters of
Lighthouse Friends — Mary Island Lighthouse
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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.
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located on the northeastern part of Mary Island in southeastern Alaska, United States.
History
Mary Island Light Station was opened in 1903, and was one of a series of staffed lights established by the U.S. Government to guide ships through the treacherous waters of Southeast Alaska
Southeast Alaska, colloquially referred to as the Alaska(n) Panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia (and a small part ...
's Inside Passage. In 1937, a concrete lighthouse and fog signal building replaced the original wood tower. Situated behind the light were two lightkeeper houses which housed the Coast Guard Lightkeepers. One of the houses burned down in 1965(?); the other house was moved off the island to nearby Ketchikan, Alaska.
In 1969 the station was automated and the radio beacon was removed. No other buildings and structures at the station stand today, other than an outhouse.
Actually, the northern of the two keepers dwellings was moved in 1964. The southern dwelling was used by the 4 man crew until the station was decommissioned in 1969, and in 1970 the dwelling was moved.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
as Mary Island Light Station in 2005. and
See also
* List of lighthouses in the United States *National Register of Historic Places listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
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References
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*Lighthouse Friends — Mary Island Lighthouse
* * 1903 establishments in Alaska Art Deco architecture in Alaska Lighthouses completed in 1903 Lighthouses completed in 1937 Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Moderne architecture in Alaska Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska {{US-lighthouse-stub