New Dungeness

Year Established:
1857
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1907
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2010
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
DUNGENESS SPIT/ST. OF JUAN DE FUCA
Latitude:
48° 10'55"
Longitude:
123° 06'31"
City / Town:
SEQUIM
U.S. State:
Washington
Location County:
CLALLAM
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
Yes
Light List Data:
  1. New Dungeness
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1857
Tower Construction Material:
SANDSTONE/BRICK/STUCCO
Tower Foundation:
SANDSTONE BLOCKS
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
90.75
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
89
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1927
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
BRICK
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1905
Keeper's Quarters Style:
GEORGIAN
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
FRAME
Other Structures:
FRAME BARN/GARAGE (1877), FRAME/CORRUGATED IRON OILHOUSE/PAINTSHED (1894), CONCRETE FOUND. OF FOG SIGNAL BLDGS (1874, 1907), COAL & OILHOUSE (1907), TOWER REMODELLED 1906 AS DUPLEX ASST. KEEPERS, 2 CISTERNS, REMAINS OF TRAMWAY & WHARF/BTHOUSE (1906)

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
VRB-25
Original Optic Type:
THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1857
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017