Sentinel Island Light
 Sentinel Island Light | |
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| Location | Lynn Canal, Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, United States |
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| Constructed | 1902 (first) |
| Foundation | concrete |
| Construction | concrete tower |
| Automated | 1966 |
| Height | 51 feet (16 m) |
| Shape | square tower with lantern |
| Markings | art deco architecture, white tower, red lantern |
| Operator | Gastineau Channel Historical Society[1] [3] |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1935 (current) |
| Focal height | 86 feet (26 m) |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s. obscured from 152° to 296° |
Sentinel Island Light Station | |
| Nearest city | Juneau, Alaska |
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| Area | 6.6 acres (2.7 ha) |
| Built | 1902 |
| Architectural style | Modern Movement, Art Deco, et al. |
| MPS | Light Stations of the United States MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 02001407[4] |
| AHRS No. | JUN-00085 |
| Added to NRHP | December 2, 2002 |
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The Sentinel Island Light is a lighthouse in Alaska adjacent to Lynn Canal.
Location
[edit | edit source]The Sentinel Island Light is at the northern entrance to the Favorite Channel, between the mainland and Lincoln and Shelter Islands. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 2002.
History
[edit | edit source]On August 5, 1910, the steamship Princess May grounded on rocks just north of Sentinel Island. Although the ship was successfully taken off the rocks on September 5, 1910, photographic images showing the ship pointing in the air at low tide became famous.[5]
The 1930s lighthouse, replacing an earlier wooden structure, was built for $35,310.[6] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[4] Other than the lighthouse, the district included four other contributing buildings, four contributing structures, and two contributing sites.[6]
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Princess May on the rocks, August 7, 1910 -
Princess May aground, as seen from Sentinel Island
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See also
[edit | edit source]- List of lighthouses in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Juneau, Alaska
References
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- ^ Alaska Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 8 June 2016
- ^ Scotch Cape Light Lighthouse Explorer. Retrieved 8 June 2016
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- ^ Turner, Pacific Princesses, at pages 109 to 112.
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). and accompanying five photos
Sources
[edit | edit source]- Turner, Robert D., Pacific Princesses: An Illustrated History of Canadian Pacific Railway's Princess Fleet on the Northwest Coast, Sono Nis Press, Victoria, BC (1977) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
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- Lighthouse Friends — Sentinel Island Lighthouse
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- 1902 establishments in Alaska
- Art Deco architecture in Alaska
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
- Lighthouses completed in 1902
- Lighthouses completed in 1935
- Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Juneau, Alaska