Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Alaska Lighthouses--Point Retreat Light

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POINT RETREAT LIGHT

State: ALASKA
Location: ADMIRALTY ISLAND /
LYNN CANAL
Nearest City: JUNEAU
County: JUNEAU
U.S.C.G. District: 17
Year Station Established: 1904

Photo courtesy Ted Smith, June 2001

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1924
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1973
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: CONCRETE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE WITHOUT LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE ON FOG SIGNAL BUILDING
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 25
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER LENS?
Year Original Lens Installed: 1924
Present Optic: 300 MM, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: AFTER 1973
Height of Focal Plane: 63
Fresnel Lens Disposition: UNKNOWN
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1904
Description: WHITE HEXAGONAL WOOD TOWER
Fate/Disposition: REPLACED WITH ACETYLENE LIGHT
2. Construction Date: CIRCA 1910
Description: ACETYLENE LIGHT
Fate/Disposition: REPLACED WITH CURRENT LIGHT

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1924
Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL MODERN
Fog Signal Type:

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1924
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: CAPE COD
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, BOATHOUSE, DOCK, WATER TANK, FUEL STORAGE PLATFORM, HELICOPTER PAD

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION / UNDER RESTORATION

Owner/Manager: ALASKA LIGHTHOUSE ASSOCIATION W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site: ALASKA LIGHTHOUSE ASSOCIATION

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference # 3000529
Name of Listing: POINT RETREAT LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 2003

Miscellaneous: 1950'S LANTERN REMOVED AND 8 FOOT CONCRETE BLOCK WITH A DOUBLE-ENDED AIRWAYS BEACON SET ATOP TOWER; PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO THE ALASKA LIGHTHOUSE ASSOCIATION IN 1998

Last Modified: Thu, July 31 2003 9:38:02 am EDT
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