Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Alaska Lighthouses--Sentinel Island Light

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SENTINEL ISLAND LIGHT

State: ALASKA
Location: LYNN CANAL/AUK BAY
Nearest City: JUNEAU
County: JUNEAU BOROUGH
U.S.C.G. District: 17
Year Station Established: 1902

U.S. Coast Guard photo, 1972

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1935
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1966
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME/CONCRETE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED LANTERN AND ROOF
Shape: SQUARE TOWER ON FOG SIGNAL BUILDING
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 51
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1902
Present Optic: VRB-25 VEGA, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1997
Height of Focal Plane: 86
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1902
Description: WOOD FRAME DUPLEX KEEPERS RESIDENCE WITH TOWER ATTACHED AT FRONT CENTER, ORIGINAL LANTERN ROOM MOVED TO EXISTING TOWER
Fate/Disposition: BURNED IN 1971

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1935
Construction Materials: CONCRETE
Architectural Style: ART DECO (ATTACHED)
Fog Signal Type: HORN (DEACTIVATED 1995)

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DEMOLISHED 1971)

Other Structures: BOATHOUSE AND HOIST HOUSE #2 LOCATED ON DOCK, HOIST HOUSE #1, TRAMWAY, BLACKSMITH SHOP, FOUNDATIONS FOR ORIGINAL LIGHTHOUSE, KEEPERS, WORKSHOP/BUNKHOUSE, WATER CISTERN, AND OIL HOUSE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: GASTINEAU CHANNEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Open to the Public? YES (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY)

National Register Status: LISTED 2002-12-02
Name of Listing: SENTINEL ISLAND LIGHT STATION (LIGHT STATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES MPS)
On State List/Inventory? UNKNOWN; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
TRANSFERRED TO THE GASTINEAU CHANNEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT.

Last Modified: Tues, Dec 27 2005 11:37:02 am EDT
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