Point Retreat Light

Point Retreat Light
Tower
Point Retreat Light Station in 2001

Location	Admiralty Island Lynn Canal Alaska United States
Coordinates	58°24′41″N 134°57′18″W / 58.41147°N 134.95502°W / 58.41147; -134.95502
Constructed	1904 (first)
Foundation	concrete
Construction	reinforced concrete tower
Automated	1973
Height	25 feet (7.6 m)
Shape	square tower with balcony and lantern on fog signal building
Markings	art deco archirecture, white tower, black lantern
Power source	solar power
Operator	United States Coast Guard^[1] ^[2]
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place

Light
First lit	1923
Focal height	63 feet (19 m)
Lens	First order bivalve Fresnel lens (original), 300 mm lens (current)
Range	9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 6s.



Point Retreat Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey

Nearest city	Juneau, Alaska
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1924
Architect	U.S. Lighthouse Service
Architectural style	Moderne
MPS	Light Stations of the United States MPS
NRHP reference No.	03000529^[3]
AHRS No.	JUN-00084
Added to NRHP	June 19, 2003

Point Retreat Light is a lighthouse located on the Mansfield Peninsula at the northern tip of Admiralty Island in southeastern Alaska, United States. It provides aid in navigation through the Lynn Canal.

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Naming

Point Retreat was named by Joseph Whidbey on July 19, 1794, because of his need to retreat from local Tlingit.^[4]

History

Point Retreat was set aside as a 1,505-acre (609 ha) lighthouse reserve in 1901 by executive order of President William McKinley, but the point had to wait for its lighthouse due to inadequate funding. Point Retreat was first lit in 1904 and displayed a fixed white light. The first Point Retreat Lighthouse was a six-foot-tall hexagonal wooden tower, topped by a hexagonal lantern room. In 1917, Point Retreat was stripped of its personnel and downgraded to a minor light until 1924, when a new combination lighthouse and fog signal was built. The lantern was removed in the 1950s and a solar-powered 300 mm lens was installed on a post attached to the tower. In 1973 the light was again unmanned and downgraded to a minor light again.

In 2003 the light was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[3]^[5]

Gallery

USCG archive photo
without lantern – USCG archive photo
in 2011

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Alaska". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
^ Alaska Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 8 June 2016
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Wagner, Henry (1937). The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 385.
^ David Benton (May 1, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Point Retreat Light Station / Point Retreat Lighthouse AHRS Site No. JUN-00084". National Park Service. and accompanying photos

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Point Retreat Light.

"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Alaska" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
Lighthouse Friends — Point Retreat Lighthouse
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Alaska". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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