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 …

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 …

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 …

Dec 13, 2016 · 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 …

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 …

May 24, 2004 · 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 …

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 …

Jan 25, 2023 · 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 …

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 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 …