Point Retreat Light
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| Location: | Admiralty Island, Lynn Canal, Alaska |
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| Foundation: | Concrete |
| Construction: | Concrete |
| Year first lit: | 1904 |
| Automated: | 1973 |
| Tower shape: | White art deco square tower |
| Height: | 63 feet above sea level |
| Original lens: | First order Fresnel lens 1904 |
| Range: | 9 nm |
| Characteristic: | Flashing white 6s |
Point Retreat Light is a lighthouse located on the northern tip of Admiralty Island in Alaska.
[edit] History
Point Retreat was set aside as a 1,505-acre lighthouse reserve in 1901 by executive order of President William McKinley, but the point had to wait for its lighthouse due to inadequate funding. Point Retreat was first lit in 1904 and displayed a fixed white light. The first Point Retreat Lighthouse was a six-foot-tall hexagonal wooden tower, topped by a hexagonal lantern room. In 1917, Point Retreat was stripped of its personnel and downgraded to a minor light until 1924, when a new combination lighthouse and fog signal was built. The lantern was removed in the 1950s and a solar powered 300 mm lens was installed on a post attached to the tower. In 1973 the light was again unmanned and downgraded to a minor light again. In 2003 the light was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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