Cape Sarichef

Year Established:
1904
Existing:
No
Non-Existing (More Info.):
Remnants
Source:
LL-1907
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1912
Photo Credit:
RG 26-LG-71-90-ac
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Unimak Pass Thru Aleutian Islands
Latitude:
54° 35'50"
Longitude:
164° 56'02"
City / Town:
UNIMAK ISLAND
U.S. State:
Alaska
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Cape Sarichef
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1979
Disposition:
in 2000, Only Fog Signal and Disestablished Loran-a Buildings Remain
Year Tower Established:
1950
Tower Construction Material:
REINFORCED CONCRETE
Tower Shape:
HEXAGONAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1904
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
Wood
Other Structures:
RADIOBEACON

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
THIRD ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1904
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

SITE IS PART OF A LORAN STATION THAT HAS NOT BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE THE 1970S. ALL REMAINING BUILDINGS WERE SCHEDULED FOR REMOVAL IN 1999.

Original tower replaced in 1950.


Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018