Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Alaska Lighthouses--Cape Hinchinbrook Lighthouse

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CAPE HINCHINBROOK LIGHT

State: ALASKA
Location: ENTRANCE TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
Nearest City: CORDOVA
County: VALDEZ/CORDOVA
U.S.C.G. District: 17
Year Station Established: 1910

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1934
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1974
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE/SURFACE ROCK
Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE ART DECO
Shape: OCTAGONAL ATTACHED TO FOG SIGNAL BD
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 67
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1910
Present Optic: VRB 25 VEGA, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1998
Height of Focal Plane: 235
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS IN VALDEZ HERITAGE CENTER IN VALDEZ
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Year Constructed: 1910
Construction Materials: CONCRETE
Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
Fog Signal Type: HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters?

Year Constructed: 1931
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: ART DECO
Construction Materials: CONCRETE

Other Structures: RADIOBEACON

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Non-NPS Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE;Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
FIRST TOWER'S FOUNDATION WEAKENED BY EARTHQUAKES IN LATE 1920S; VALDEZ MUSEUM PLANS TO BUILD REPLICA OF 1910 TOWER IN DOWNTOWN VALDEZ

Last Modified: Wed, Feb 13 2002 2:30:02 pm EDT
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