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

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CAPE SPENCER LIGHT LIGHT

State: ALASKA
Location: ENTRANCE TO CROSS SOUND/ICY STRAIT
Nearest City: GUSTAVUS
County: SKAGWAY/YAKUTAT/ANGO
U.S.C.G. District: 17
Year Station Established: 1913

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1925
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1974
Foundation Materials: ROCK
Construction Materials: CONCRETE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE ART DECO
Shape: SQUARE ON CENTER OF FOG SIGNAL BLDG
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 25
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1925
Present Optic: VRB-25 VEGA, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1998
Height of Focal Plane: 105
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS IN ALASKA STATE MUSEUM
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1925
Construction Materials: CONCRETE
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. DIAPHONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES COMBINED FOG SIGNAL BUILDING/KEEPERS

Year Constructed: 1925
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Construction Materials: CONCRETE

Other Structures: BOATHOUSE, BLACKSMITH, RADIOBEACON, STORAGE BUILDING, OIL HOUSE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Non-NPS Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #75002160
Name of Listing: CAPE SPENCER LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Documented by HABS/HAER? YES, AK-24 (WASO)

Miscellaneous:

RADIOBEACON ESTABLISHED IN 1926 WAS THE FIRST IN ALASKA; WITHIN BOUNDARIES OF A NATIONAL PARK

Last Modified: Wed, Feb 13 2002 2:30:02 pm EDT
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