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Point No Point Washington Light Station

Healthfulness

It is unhealthy

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There are salt marshes in immediate vicinity of light station. During Summer & Fall months Indians catch large quantities of dog fish for oil; bodies of fish being thrown on beach, where they decompose producing a sickening stench.

That portion of salt marsh which lies inside LH bounds will be reclaimed by throwing up a dike along W side of premises.

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