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| Marrowstone Point Lighthouse, Port Townsend, WA |
*Dates of operation~~ 1918-present
*Building Material~~ Concrete
*Tower~~ 28 feet
*Elevation~~Sea level
*Markings~~ White w/ red trim
*Light Pattern~~ Flashing white every four seconds
*Existing Buildings~~ Keeper's quarters, sound building, boathouse, pump house, lab
buildings, wet labs, effluent settling pond/water treatment, seawall
*Automated~~ 1962
*Original Lens~~ Drum lens w/ single electric bulb
*Current Lens~~ 250mm
*Open to Public?~~ No
*Current Owner~~ U. S. Coast Guard (light), U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resource
Division (keeper's house and grounds)
*Waterway Location~~ Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound
*Significant Feature~~ Adjacent to Fort Flagler State Park, a former military base. Site,
except for tower, is used as a fishery biological testing site.
LINKS
History Link's lighthouse history
http://www.historylink.org/essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=5702
National Park Service
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/marrow.htm
Lighthouse Friends' lighthouse info
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=109
USGS Marrowstone Labs info
http://wfrc.usgs.gov/labs/marrowstone.htm
*Building Material~~ Concrete
*Tower~~ 28 feet
*Elevation~~Sea level
*Markings~~ White w/ red trim
*Light Pattern~~ Flashing white every four seconds
*Existing Buildings~~ Keeper's quarters, sound building, boathouse, pump house, lab
buildings, wet labs, effluent settling pond/water treatment, seawall
*Automated~~ 1962
*Original Lens~~ Drum lens w/ single electric bulb
*Current Lens~~ 250mm
*Open to Public?~~ No
*Current Owner~~ U. S. Coast Guard (light), U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resource
Division (keeper's house and grounds)
*Waterway Location~~ Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound
*Significant Feature~~ Adjacent to Fort Flagler State Park, a former military base. Site,
except for tower, is used as a fishery biological testing site.
LINKS
History Link's lighthouse history
http://www.historylink.org/essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=5702
National Park Service
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/marrow.htm
Lighthouse Friends' lighthouse info
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=109
USGS Marrowstone Labs info
http://wfrc.usgs.gov/labs/marrowstone.htm
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