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Managing Organization:
Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center
Telephone:
907-766-2366
Website: http://www.sheldonmuseum.org/eldredrock.htm
Email: curator@sheldonmuseum.org
Contact Address Information:
Box 269
Haines
Alaska,
99827,
United States
Notes:
Eldred Rock Light is the oldest surviving lighthouse in Alaska. The Sheldon Museum is working to obtain a lease or title for the lighthouse in hopes of renovating it and opening it to the public. Tower Height: 56 Height of Focal Plane: 91 Description of Tower: White octagonal wood tower on roof of fog signal building/keeper's quarters.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1906 two story wood combined keeper's quarters/fog signal building, boathouse, helicopter pad, radio tower, cistern, oil house, storage building. Date Established: 1905 Date Present Tower Built: 1905 Date Automated: 1973 Optics: 1906: Fourth order Fresnel lens; now 250 mm, solar powered. The original Fresnel lens is now on display at the Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center, Box 269, Haines, AK 99827. Phone: (907) 766-2366. Email: curator@sheldonmuseum.org Fog Signal: First class fog siren now deactivated. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Directions:
Boat and helicopter access only. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places Keepers: Manuel Cota (Coast Guard, 1957), Gordon Huggins (Coast Guard, 1962)
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