Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Alaska Lighthouses--Cape Decision Light

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CAPE DECISION LIGHT

State: ALASKA
Location: S. KUIU ISLAND/SUMNER STRAIT
Nearest City: PETERSBURG
County: WRANGELL/PETERSBURG
U.S.C.G. District: 17
Year Station Established: 1932

Photo courtesy Cape Decision Lighthouse Society

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1932
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1974
Foundation Materials: ROCK
Construction Materials: CONCRETE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE ART MODERNE
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 76
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1932
Present Optic: VEGA VRB-25
Year Present Lens Installed: 1996
Height of Focal Plane: 96
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS IN CLAUSEN MUSEUM IN PETERSBURG
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1932
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: ART MODERNE (INTEGRAL)
Construction Materials: CONCRETE

Other Structures: FIRE DAMAGED TRAM, DOCK, BOAT HOUSE, AND HOIST HOUSE; WOODEN PAINT SHED W/TIN ROOF, SMALL-SPAN CONCRETE BRIDGE, WOODEN HELIPAD

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO CAPE DECISION LIGHTHOUSE SOCIETY

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
LAST LIGHT STATION ESTABLISHED IN ALASKA; BOATHOUSE BURNED 1989

Last Modified: Mon, Nov 15 2004 11:04:02 am EDT
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