Cattle Point Light

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Cattle Point Light
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Cattle Point Light after removal of its lantern
Cattle Point Light
Location San Juan Island, Washington
Coordinates 48°27′01″N122°57′49″W / 48.4504°N 122.9635°W / 48.4504; -122.9635 [1]
Tower
Constructed1888  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
FoundationSurface
ConstructionConcrete
Height34 feet (10 m)
ShapeOctagonal
Light
First lit1888 (current tower 1935)
Focal height29 m (95 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
LensFourth order Fresnel lens (removed)
Range7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Characteristic Fl W 4s  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Cattle Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the southeastern tip of San Juan Island overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca where the Haro Straits meet the San Juan Channel, in San Juan County, Washington. The light lies adjacent to the state's Cattle Point Natural Resources Conservation Area [2] and, since 2013, is part of the San Juan Islands National Monument. [3]

History

The first light at Cattle Point was a lens lantern on a post erected in 1888. [4] In 1921, the U.S. Navy installed a radio compass station. [5] The modern 34-foot (10 m), octagonal, concrete tower on Cattle Point was erected in 1935. Following automation in the late 1950s, the tower's lantern was removed and replaced with a 250-mm drum lens that sits on a short mast on top of the tower. [4] The lighthouse received a temporary makeover in 1984, when it was used as a backdrop for an Exxon television commercial. [5] The commercial's ahistorical additions were subsequently removed. [6] The Coast Guard announced plans to reinforce the structure, which was in danger of collapse from the forces of erosion, during the summer of 2010. [7]

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References

  1. "Cattle Point Light". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Cattle Point Natural Resources Conservation Area". Washington Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  3. "Recreation: Cattle Point". San Juan Islands National Monument. United States Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Cattle Point, WA". Lighthousefriends. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  5. "Cattle Point Lighthouse in danger". Lighthouse Digest. Foghorn Publishing. May 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  6. "Coast Guard plans to reinforce historic Cattle Point Lighthouse's foundation in summer". Journal of the San Juan Islands. Sound Publishing, Inc. December 30, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2015.