Destruction Island Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse on Destruction Island, a rocky island that is part of the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge [2] lying about 3 miles (4.8 km) off the coast of Jefferson County, Washington, in the northwest of the United States.

Destruction Island seems an appropriate home for a lighthouse whose main purpose is to prevent the destruction of seagoing vessels on the island’s rocky shore. However, the lighthouse, even if it had been standing at the time, would not have prevented the tragic loss of life that occurred nearby and led to the island’s name.

The 94 foot (29 m) Destruction Island Lighthouse was built on Destruction Island in 1888–91. [7] A US Coast Guard detachment operated the lighthouse from 1939 to the early 1970s. The light was automated in 1968, before it was shut off for good in April 2008. [8] …

2016年12月13日 · Although Destruction Island Light Station is inaccessible to the public, its beautiful first-order lens has been restored and placed on exhibit at the Westport Maritime Museum in Grays Harbor, Washington. The magnificent lens was manufactured in France in 1888 by Henry Le Paute.

Lighthouse materials available here are an expanded version of the National Park Service's Inventory of Historic Light Stations. This site incorporates the National Park Service's Inventory as well as light station files that are maintained by the Coast Guard Historian's Office.

2004年5月24日 · On January 1, 1892, at 4:26 p.m., lighthouse keeper Christian Zauner lights the five wicks of the Destruction Island lighthouse's first-order Fresnel lens for the first time. The lighthouse is located on Destruction Island, the only offshore island …

Washington State’s historic 1891 Destruction Island Lighthouse, abandoned and left to the elements since April of 2008, is in deplorable condition. All of the federal and state government agencies involved with this lighthouse should be ashamed of themselves and be held accountable by the taxpayers and especially by historians and ...

2023年1月25日 · A lighthouse was built on Destruction Island and began operating in 1892. The U.S. Coast Guard permanently shut the light in 2008, and the structure is now under the management of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and is closed to the public.

Destruction Island is a soggy, mist-enshrouded outpost three miles off the coast of the Olympic Peninsula. In 1968, when the Coast Guard declared its intention to close the 19th century lighthouse and support buildings, romantic public sentiment …

Lighthouse History. Built: 1891. Type: Conical. Height: 94 Feet. Status: Non Active. Deactivated: April 2008. Location: 3 miles off Shore from a point on Olympic Peninsula - roughly halfway between Cape Flattery and Grays Harbor. Lens: Fourth Order Fresnel. Keepers: Christian Zauner. Notes: Construction on the Destruction Island Lighthouse ...