Lincoln Rock Light
 Lincoln Rock Light | |
  Alaska | |
| Location |
Lincoln Rock Clarence Strait Alaska United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 56°03′24″N 132°41′51″W / 56.056766°N 132.697464°WCoordinates: 56°03′24″N 132°41′51″W / 56.056766°N 132.697464°W |
| Year first constructed |
1903 (first) 1944 (second) |
| Year first lit | 1968 (current) located on Lincoln Island |
| Automated | 1968 |
| Deactivated | 1968 (second) |
| Foundation | concrete basement |
| Construction |
metal skeletal tower (current) wooden tower (first) |
| Tower shape |
square pyramidal tower (current) square parallelepiped tower on roof a 2-storey keeper's house (first) |
| Height | 30 feet (9.1 m) (current) |
| Focal height | 58 feet (18 m) (current) |
| Original lens | Fourth-order Fresnel lens |
| Light source | solar power |
| Characteristic | Fl W 6s. |
| Admiralty number | G6105 |
| ARLHS number | ALK-014 |
| USCG number | 6-22470 |
| Managing agent |
United States Coast Guard[1] [2] |
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
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
References
- ↑ Lincoln Rock The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 7 June 2016
- ↑ Alaska Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 7 June 2016
External links
- United States Coast Guard
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Alaska". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Alaska". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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