Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Washington--Mukilteo Light

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MUKILTEO LIGHT

State: WASHINGTON
Location: E. SIDE POSSESSION SOUND
Nearest City: MUKILTEO
County: SNOHOMISH
U.S.C.G. District: 13
Year Station Established: 1906

Photo courtesy Mukilteo Historical Society

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1906
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1979
Foundation Materials: WOOD
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED ROOF
Shape: OCTAGONAL ATTACHED TO FOG SIGNAL BD
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 30
Original Optic: FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1906
Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1927
Height of Focal Plane: 33
Fresnel Lens Disposition: MUKILTEO HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS ACQUIRED AND PUT ON DISPLAY FOURTH ORDER LENS USED AT THE DESDEMONA LIGHTHOUSE

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1905
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: VICTORIAN
Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. DABOLL TRUMPET

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1905
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME

Other Structures: 2ND KEEPERS DWELLING (IDENTICAL TO PRINCIPAL KEEPERS), OIL HOUSE, GARAGE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM (UNDER RESTORATION)

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO CITY OF MUKILTEO / MUKILTEO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #77001360
Name of Listing: MUKILTEO LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
TRANSFER OF TOWER TO CITY OF MUKILTEO IN PROCESS DURING 1999

Last Modified: Mon, Mar 25 2002 12:55:02 pm EDT
JMP

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