Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Alaska Lighthouses--Cape Sarichef Light (Site)

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CAPE SARICHEF LIGHT (SITE)

State: ALASKA
Location: UNIMAK PASS THRU ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
Nearest City: UNIMAK ISLAND
County:
U.S.C.G. District: 17
Year Station Established: 1904

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1950
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1979
Automated: 1979
Foundation Materials:
Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE
Markings/Patterns: ART MODERN
Shape: HEXAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 35
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1904
Present Optic: 375 MM, ELECTRIC
Year Present Lens Installed: 1979
Height of Focal Plane: 177
Fresnel Lens Disposition:

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? YES

Year Tower Constructed: 1979
Type: SKELETAL
Height of Focal Plane: 170

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1950
Construction Materials: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Architectural Style:
Fog Signal Type: FOG HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO

Year Constructed:
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials:

Other Structures: RADIOBEACON, DISESTABLISHED LORAN-A STATION

Current Use: U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE STATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE/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? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
SITE IS PART OF A LORAN STATION THAT HAS NOT BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE THE 1970S; ALLREMAINING BUILDINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR REMOVAL IN 1999

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