Lincoln Rock Light

Lincoln Rock Light
Lincoln Rock West

Lincoln Rock Light
Location	Lincoln Rock Clarence Strait Alaska United States
Coordinates	56.056766°N 132.697464°W / 56.056766; -132.697464
Tower
Constructed	1903 (first) 1944 (second)
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	metal skeletal tower (current) wooden tower (first)
Automated	1968
Height	30 feet (9.1 m) (current)
Shape	square pyramidal tower (current) square tower on roof a 2-storey keeper's house (first)
Power source	solar power
Operator	United States Coast Guard[1] [2]
Light
First lit	1968 (current) located on Lincoln Island
Deactivated	1968 (second)
Focal height	58 feet (18 m) (current)
Lens	Fourth-order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	Fl W 6s.

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

• List of lighthouses in the United States

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Alaska". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
2. Alaska Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 7 June 2016

External links

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Alaska" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Alaska". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.