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Managing Organization:
Seattle Parks and Recreation
Telephone: 206-386-4236
Website: http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/parks/parkspaces/discoverypark/lighthouse.htm
Email:
Notes:
This lighthouse is almost identical to Washington's Point No Point Light.
Tower Height: 23
Height of Focal Plane: 27
Characteristic and Range: Alternating red and white flash every 5 seconds.
Description of Tower: White, square brick and stucco tower,
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1881 1.5 story wood frame keeper's house, second wood frame keeper's house, 1906 brick and stucco fog signal building, oil house, storage building.
Date Established: 1881
Date Present Tower Built: 1881
Date Automated: 1984
Optics: 1881: Fourth order Fresnel lens.
Fog Signal: Originally bell, now automated horn.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
This lighthouse can be reached via a hiking trail in Seattle's Discovery Park. Call (206) 386-4236 for information. The park is open 8:30 to 5:00 daily except December 25 and January 1.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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