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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Tower Height: 94
Height of Focal Plane: 147
Characteristic and Range: White flash every 10 seconds.
Description of Tower: White, conical masonry tower.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1.5 story wood frame keeper's house, concrete fog signal building, storage building, two oil houses, cart storage building.
Date Established: 1891
Date Present Tower Built: 1891
Date Automated: 1968
Optics: 1891: First order Fresnel lens (now at Westport Maritime Museum, phone 360-268-0078), now solar powered VRB-25 optic.
Fog Signal: Automated horn.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
This lighthouse can be seen distantly from Ruby Beach on U.S. Route 101. Reaching it by boat can be dangerous since seas are often rough in the area.
Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse!
Keepers: Gordon Huggins (Coast Guard, 1957-1959)
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