Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Alaska Lighthouses--Eldred Rock Light

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ELDRED ROCK LIGHT

State: ALASKA
Location: LYNN CANAL
Nearest City: HAINES
County: HAINES
U.S.C.G. District: 17
Year Station Established: 1905

Photo courtesy of Ted Smith, June 2001

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1905
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1973
Foundation Materials: MASONRY
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: OCTAGONAL ON FOG SIGNAL BUILDING
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 56
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1906
Present Optic: 250 MM, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 91
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS REMOVED TO MUSEUM IN PORT CHILKOOT IN 1978
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1906
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Fog Signal Type: DISCONTINUED AUTO SIREN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES COMBINED FOG SIGNAL BLDG./KEEPERS

Year Constructed: 1906
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: OCTAGONAL (INTEGRAL)
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: BOATHOUSE, HELICOPTER PAD, RADIO TOWER, CISTERN, OIL HOUSE, STORAGE BUILDING

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO SHELDON MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER

Open to the Public? NO

Non-NPS Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #75000332
Name of Listing: ELDRED ROCK LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
RENOVATED CA. 1996

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