Cape Spencer Lighthouse (Alaska)

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Cape Spencer Lighthouse
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Place: Cross Sound / Icy Strait
Location: United StatesUnited States United States , Yakutat
Geographical location: 58 ° 11 '56.5 "  N , 136 ° 38' 25.5"  W Coordinates: 58 ° 11 '56.5 "  N , 136 ° 38' 25.5"  W.
Fire carrier height : 25  ft (7.6  m )
Fire height : 105  ft (32  m )
Cape Spencer Lighthouse (Alaska) (Alaska)
Cape Spencer Lighthouse (Alaska)
Identifier : Fl.W.10s
Scope knows: 17 nm (31.5 km )
Optics: VRB-25
Construction time: 1924-1925
Operating time: since December 11, 1925
International ordinal number: G 6508

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Cape Spencer Lighthouse
National Register of Historic Places
Southwest view

Southwest view

location s. O.
Coordinates 58 ° 11 '56.5 "  N , 136 ° 38' 25.5"  W.
surface > 1 acre
Built 1925
Architectural style Art deco
NRHP number 75002160
The NRHP added 4th December 1975

The Cape Spencer Light is a lighthouse in Alaska built in 1925 . It is located between Cross Sound and Icy Strait on the southern tip of Glacier Bay National Park . The operator is Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve . As defined by the International Hydrographic Organization , Cape Spencer forms the southeastern border of the Gulf of Alaska .

building

The approximately seven-meter-high structure in the Art Deco style is made of reinforced concrete and is located on a rock. A so-called hoist house is used to operate the crane for goods from the boat to the lighthouse building and back. There is a helipad in the northeast of the tower .

beacon

The beacon is spread with the identifier Fl W 6s.abr v via a 3rd order Fresnel lens and has a nominal range (white) of 17 nautical miles (31 km). In 1974 operations were automated; until then the facility was occupied by 4 members of the United States Coast Guard .

Monument protection

The main building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 4, 1975 .

Illustrations

  • beacon

  • Hoist House with crane system

  • former bedroom

  • former technical room

See also

Web links

Commons : Cape Spencer Lighthouse  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cape Spencer The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Alaska Historic Light Station Information & Photography USCG
  3. ↑ "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF; 994 kB)
  4. ↑ http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHAK.asp
  5. ↑ nps.gov (PDF)
  6. ↑ http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html