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BURROWS ISLAND LIGHT

State: WASHINGTON
Location: BURROWS ISLAND / ROSARIO STRAIT
Nearest City: ANACORTES
County: SKAGIT
U.S.C.G. District: 13
Year Station Established: 1906

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1906
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1972
Foundation Materials: STONE
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: SQUARE ON FOG SIGNAL BUILDING
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 34
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 300 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: 1994
Height of Focal Plane: 57
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1906
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. DABOLL TRUMPET

Existing Keepers Quarters?

Year Constructed: 1906
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: DUPLEX
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME

Other Structures: STORAGE BUILDING

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:
National Register Status: DETERMINED ELIGIBLE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Mon, Mar 25 2002 11:10:02 am EDT
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