Location | San Juan Island, Washington |
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Year first lit | 1888 |
Foundation | Surface |
Construction | Concrete |
Tower shape | Octagonal |
Height | 34 ft |
Original lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens (removed) |
Cattle Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on San Juan Island, in the Haro Straits of Washington. Its first light was a lens lantern on a post erected in 1888. In 1921, the US Navy installed a radio compass station.
The modern 34 foot, octagonal, concrete tower on Cattle Point was erected in 1935. The lighthouse received a temporary makeover in 1984, when it was used as a backdrop for an Exxon television commercial.