Point Robinson Light, Neoclassical lighthouse in Maury Island, US.
Point Robinson Light is a lighthouse on Puget Sound at the easternmost point of Maury Island, in King County, Washington. The current lighthouse, built in 1915 as a twin of Alki Point Lighthouse, has a 38-foot tower and a fifth-order Fresnel lens. The site also includes two keeper's houses and a 100-foot radar tower built in 1989.
The site started in 1885 as a fog signal station and received a basic lantern two years later. The current tower was built in 1915 and has guided ships ever since.
The last uniformed keeper, Jerry Bolstad, was stationed here in 1989; he restored the original Daboll three-trumpet fog signal and attached one trumpet to a compressed-air bottle so visitors could hear its sound. The fog signal remains active, and the keepers' dwellings are rented weekly.
The 10-acre shoreline park is managed by Vashon Park District, which owns the upland portion; the rest is leased from the Coast Guard. The two keeper's dwellings are rented by the week through Keepers of Point Robinson. The fog signal is still active, and the original Fresnel lens can be viewed inside the lantern room.
The original fifth-order Fresnel lens operated for over a century until the Coast Guard installed a modern beacon in 2008. The historic lens is now displayed in the tower for visitors to see.
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