Cape Spencer Light
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| Location: | Cross Sound, Alaska |
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| Foundation: | Rock |
| Construction: | Concrete |
| Year first lit: | 1925 |
| Automated: | 1974 |
| Tower shape: | Square |
| Markings/Pattern: | White art deco marking |
| Height: | 25 ft (105 feet above sea level) |
| Original lens: | Third order Fresnel lens |
| Range: | 17 nm |
| Characteristic: | Flashing white every 6s. Emergency light (Fl W 6s) of reduced intensity if main light is extinguished. |
The Cape Spencer Light is a lighthouse in Alaska, United States, next to the entrance to Cross Sound and Icy Strait. The light is still an active aid to navigation.
[edit] History
A beacon at Cape Spencer was requested as early as 1906, but it wasn’t until 1912 that this rocky region received its first light — an unmanned acetylene lantern. Funds for a lighthouse to properly mark Cape Spencer were later granted, and construction commenced in May of 1924. A single-story reinforced concrete building (51’ x 62’) was built at the summit of the rocky mass to house both the fog signal equipment and the keepers. From the center of the structure’s roof, a 14-by-14-foot tower rose another twenty-five feet. The Coast Guard removed the Fresnel lens from Cape Spencer in 1974, the same year in which the lighthouse was automated. The small lighthouse, perched atop the seventy-foot-tall rock, is still considered an important navigational aid and receives regular Coast Guard visits.
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