Slip Point Light
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| Slip Point Light circa 1943 - 1953 | |
| Location | Clallam Bay, Washington |
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| Coordinates | 48°15′52″N 124°15′04″W / 48.2645°N 124.251°W[1] |
| Year first lit | 1905 (first); 1951 (second)[1] |
| Automated | 1977 [1] |
| Deactivated | ca. 2000[1] |
| Construction | wood frame (first light); steel (second light) |
| Tower shape | house with attached tower (first); skeletal tower (second) |
| Focal height | 55 feet (17 m) (second)[2] |
Slip Point Lighthouse was a lighthouse at the east end of Clallam Bay on the coast of Washington. The original light was replaced by a freestanding tower in 1951, which was discontinued around 2000.
History
This light was constructed to fill in a gap between the Cape Flattery and Ediz Hook lights.[1] Funds appropriated in 1900 were insufficient to complete the station as planned, so the first light was simply a lantern hung on the front of the building housing the fog signal.[1] This was first lit in September 1905; in 1916, a short square tower was built on the side of the building, its lantern housing a fourth-order clamshell Fresnel lens visible from the Canadian shore.[1] This building sat at some distance from the keeper's dwelling, a 1-1/2 story house rather larger than the lighthouse proper and situated on the other side of the point; a long catwalk connected the two.[1]
In 1951 the old house was replaced by a skeleton tower sheathed in white panels; the catwalk remained, as the light was not automated until 1977.[1][3] Around 2000, this light was also discontinued, leaving only a buoy to mark the point.[1] The keeper's house is now used by the local sheriff's department, and the only other traces of the light are the concrete footings which once supported the catwalk.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 "Slip Point, WA". LighthouseFriends.
- ↑ NOAA (1998). Strait of Juan de Fuca Entrance (Map). 1:100,000. Chart 18460. http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/18460M-7-1998.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Washington".
