Mary Island Light

Mary Island Light

Mary Island Light in 1937
Location	Mary Island Revillagigedo Channel Alaska United States
Coordinates	55°5′56″N 131°10′58″W / 55.09889°N 131.18278°W / 55.09889; -131.18278
Tower
Constructed	1903 (first)
Foundation	concrete
Construction	reinforced concrete
Automated	1969
Height	61 feet (19 m)
Shape	square tower at corner of dwelling
Markings	art deco architecture white tower
Operator	United States Coast Guard[1] [2]
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1937 (current)
Focal height	76 feet (23 m)
Lens	Fourth order Fresnel lens (original), 250 mm lens (current)
Range	6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 6s. obscured from 341° to 150°.
Mary Island Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Nearest city	Ketchikan, Alaska
Area	9.8 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1937
Architect	US Lighthouse Service; D.A. Chase; Edwin Laird
Architectural style	Moderne
MPS	Light Stations of the United States MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000645[3]
AHRS No.	KET-024
Added to NRHP	July 8, 2005

The Mary Island Light Station is a lighthouse located on the northeastern part of Mary Island in southeastern Alaska, United States.

History

Mary Island Light Station was opened in 1903, and was one of a series of staffed lights established by the U.S. Government to guide ships through the treacherous waters of Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage. In 1937, a concrete lighthouse and fog signal building replaced the original wood tower. Situated behind the light were two lightkeeper houses which housed the Coast Guard Lightkeepers. One of the houses burned down in 1965(?); the other house was moved off the island to nearby Ketchikan, Alaska.

In 1969 the station was automated and the radio beacon was removed. No other buildings and structures at the station stand today, other than an outhouse.

Actually, the northern of the two keepers dwellings was moved in 1964. The southern dwelling was used by the 4 man crew until the station was decommissioned in 1969, and in 1970 the dwelling was moved.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Mary Island Light Station in 2005.^[3][4]

See also

• List of lighthouses in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska

References

External links

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Alaska" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
• Lighthouse Friends — Mary Island Lighthouse
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Alaska". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Media related to Mary Island Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons

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