For this week, the lighthouse is no longer in use, and it is located in a wildlife refuge, the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge. It's on Destruction Island, which is an island I never knew existed until I saw an article about the seabirds on it, particularly rhinoceros auklets and tufted puffins. I also did not know there were Pacific Ocean puffins in Washington State. Unfortunately, their status is not great, which is not an unusual thing these days. There's a great picture of the lighthouse and island at the beginning of the article.
It also has a lighthouse, as I said. Here's what I can tell you about it, via Wikipedia.
- Constructed: 1891
- Automated: 1968
- Height: 94 feet (29 m)
- Shape: Conical
- Light: First lit 1891
- Deactivated: April, 2008
- Focal height: 45 m (148 ft)
- Lens: First order Fresnel lens (removed)
- Range: 18 nautical miles; 34 kilometres (21 mi)
- Characteristic: White flash every 5 seconds
I'll go to Lighthouse Friends, too: Destruction Island, WA (They provided the picture of the lens, which is now in the Westport Maritime Museum in Westport, Washington.
Pictures, including the lens, are down under this line.
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