Alki Point Light, Integral lighthouse in West Seattle, US
The white octagonal brick tower with red dome stands 11 meters tall at the southern entrance of Elliott Bay in Seattle.
Hans Martin Hanson maintained a kerosene lamp on his barn in the 1870s before the United States Lighthouse Board installed an official light in 1887.
The name Alki originates from Chinook Indian language meaning 'by and by', representing the first European settlement area of Seattle in 1851.
The lighthouse provides public tours on Sunday afternoons between Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day Weekend, with the first entry at 1 p.m.
The original fourth-order Fresnel lens, manufactured in Paris by L. Sautter and Lemonnier, required rewinding every five hours to maintain its ten-second rotation pattern.
Location: King County
Inception: 1887
Height: 11 m
Made from material: brick
GPS coordinates: 47.57626,-122.42061
Latest update: March 14, 2025 10:31
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