Browns Point Light, Maritime beacon in Tacoma, US.
Browns Point Light stands 11 meters tall on the eastern entrance of Commencement Bay, guiding ships through Puget Sound with white flashes every 5 seconds.
The first structure appeared in 1887 as a basic lantern on a post, followed by a wooden building in 1901, before the current concrete tower construction in 1933.
The Points Northeast Historical Society maintains the lighthouse complex, including the keeper's cottage, oil house, and boat house, preserving maritime navigation heritage.
Visitors can rent the keeper's cottage and serve as honorary lighthouse keepers while providing guided tours of the facility during designated weekend hours.
The lighthouse uses a VRB-25 lens system and includes a fog horn that produces two distinct blasts every thirty seconds to alert vessels in low visibility conditions.
Location: Tacoma
Inception: 1887
Height: 11 m
GPS coordinates: 47.30592,-122.44428
Latest update: March 28, 2025 20:24
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