Lincoln Rock Light Explained

Lincoln Rock Light
Lincoln Rock West
Location:Lincoln Rock
Clarence Strait
Alaska
United States
Coordinates:56.0568°N -132.6975°W
Yearbuilt:1903 (first)
1944 (second)
Yearlit:1968 (current) located on Lincoln Island
Automated:1968
Yeardeactivated:1968 (second)
Foundation:concrete base
Construction:metal skeletal tower (current)
wooden tower (first)
Shape:square pyramidal tower (current)
square tower on roof a 2-storey keeper's house (first)
Height:30feet (current)
Focalheight:58feet (current)
Lens:Fourth-order Fresnel lens
Characteristic:Fl W 6s.
Managingagent: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

Notes and References

  1. 2016-06-07.
  2. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHAK.asp Alaska Historic Light Station Information & Photography