Sentinel Island Lighthouse
| Sentinel Island Lighthouse | ||
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 United States , Lynn Canal
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| Location: | Alaska , United States | |
| Geographical location: | 58 ° 32 '46.8 " N , 134 ° 55' 23.3" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 51 ft (15.5 m ) | |
| Fire height : | 86 ft (26.2 m ) | |
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| Identifier : | Fl.W.10s | |
| Optics: | VRB-25 | |
| Operating mode: | Solar energy | |
| Construction time: | 1933-1935 | |
| Operating time: | since March 1, 1902 | |
| International ordinal number: | G 6538 | |
Sentinel Iceland Lighthouse is a lighthouse ( English Lighthouse ) in Alaska . It stands on the rocky island of the same name in the Lynn Canal .
history
The Klondike gold rush made the Inside Passage a major sea route to and from Alaska in the 1890s . By rocky coasts, a strong tidal current , frequent rain and fog that had Navigation particularly challenging in the passage. By 1898, more than 300 ship accidents had been counted, and for this reason there were calls for shipping signs. In a report to the United States Congress , the head of the Thirteenth Lighthouse District gave two stations the highest priority: Sentinel Island and Five Finger Islands . The congress then approved the construction of these lighthouses. Both beacons went into operation on March 1, 1902. In the next three years, seven more lighthouses were built in the Inside Passage.
The 1902 Sentinel Iceland built lighthouse was made of wood with a house for the lighthouse keeper . In the steel lantern one was Fresnel lens fourth order installed.
In the 1930s , the US Bureau of Lighthouses began replacing the wooden lighthouses in Alaska. The new tower on Sentinel Island was built in 1935 in Art Deco style from concrete . The original lantern was used again and the old building served as a residential building until 1966, the year of automation. The old structure was demolished in 1971 . In the meantime, the old optics have been replaced by a VRB-25 .
On December 2, 2002, the lighthouse and surrounding buildings were recognized as the Sentinel Island Light Station as a Historic District and added to the National Register of Historic Places .
Web links
- Historic Light Station Information & Photography Alaska. United States Coast Guard , accessed October 5, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sentinel Island Light Station. National Park Service, accessed October 7, 2016 .