Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Red Bluff ...

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Name: Red Bluff Lighthouse

Nearest Town or City:
Port Townsend, Washington, United States

Location: Whidbey Island, Admiralty Inlet.

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Photo: National Archives
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Notes:
This was the lighthouse that preceded the still-standing 1903 Admiralty Head Lighthouse. The lighthouse was moved north in 1897.

Description of Tower: Square tower on roof at front end of two-story wooden dwelling.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1860

Tower Moved?
1897

Date Deactivated: 1903

Current Use: Destroyed.

Keepers: William Robertson (1861-1865); Daniel Pearson (1865-1878); Georgia Pearson (assistant c. 1860s); Laurence Nessel (1878-1888); Joseph E. Evans (1888-1903)