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The Cape Disappointment Light was the first lighthouse in the state (lit 1856) and is still active. [ 2 ] If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List , [ 3 ] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard ...
Point No Point (Lushootseed: hadᶻqs) is an outcropping of land on the northeast point of the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington, the United States. It was the location of the signing of the Point No Point Treaty and is the site of the Point No Point Light. The Lushootseed name of the point is hadᶻqs, which means "long point". [1]
Cupy the first light station on Browns Point, erected in 1887, consisted of a white light lens lantern on a white post that stood 12 feet (3.7 m) above sea level and 50 yards from the low tide shoreline. [4] A wood-frame lighthouse and separate keepers cottage were built in 1901. The current lighthouse was built in 1933 and automated in 1963. [5]
Echo Lake has played an important role in Shoreline's history. During the 1800s, logging was a significant industry in the region. In the early 1900s, Mowatt's Sawmill operated at the north end of Echo Lake. [1] From 1916 to 1996, the lake had a bathing beach that cost a nickel for admission.
Point No Point Light ; Location: Hansville, Washington: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Constructed: 1879: Foundation: Masonry: Construction: Brick and stucco: Automated: 1977: Height: 30 feet (9.1 m): Shape: Square: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place : Light; First lit: 1880: Focal height: 27 feet (8.2 m): Lens: Fifth order Fresnel lens (1880); Fourth order Fresnel lens (1898 ...
Thornton Creek is 18 miles (29 km) of urban creeks and tributaries from southeast Shoreline through northeast Seattle to Lake Washington.Its 12-square-mile (31 km 2) watershed, the largest in Seattle, exhibits relatively dense biodiversity for an urban setting; [4] it is home to frogs, newts, ducks, herons, and beavers, in addition to more than 75,000 people. [5]
State Route 523 (SR 523, named 145th Street) is a short Washington state highway located on the city limits of Seattle, Shoreline, and Lake Forest Park in King County.The road itself runs 2.45 miles (3.94 km) east from SR 99 past Interstate 5 (I-5) and ends at SR 522; the highway was first established in 1991, but the roadway from I-5 to 5th Avenue Northeast was once the northern section of ...
Point Robinson Lighthouse ; Location: NE end of Point Robinson, Vashon, Washington, USA: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Constructed: 1887 : Foundation: Surface: Construction: Masonry and concrete: Automated: 1978: Height: 38 feet (12 m): Shape: Octagonal with attached dwelling: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place : Light; First lit: 1915 (current tower): Focal height: 12 m (39 ...