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Condition at this date:

Shape of tower in plan:

Form of tower:

Height from base to ventilator ball:

Height of focal plane
above mean high water:

Background of lighthouse as seen from sea:

Color of tower:

Color of tower/ how produced:

Tower connection:

Object for navigation:

Building materials:

General desc:

Wall thickness at base:

Wall thickness at parapet:

Diameter at base:

Diameter at parapet:

Kind of stairway and steps:

Number of landings:

Size of glass:

Number of windows and size of sash:

Number of doors:

Kind of foundation and depth below surface:

Character of soil surrounding the lighthouse:

Soil susceptibility:

Misc remarks:

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West Point Light Station - 1881

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good

square

21'

20'

Dark - hills covered with heavy fir timber

white

painted

detached

Channel - for general navigating purposes

brick

15"

11'

10' 4"

iron ladder

10 x 12"

3 windows in tower, size of sash 2' x 4' 5"

Foundation is of brick, laid on a grillage of timber 3' below surface.

sandy

It is by both grass & shrubbery

Tower is low brick structure, square in plan, with watchroom & oil room of brick attached. Site is a low flat sand spit extending 1/2 mile out into channel of Admiralty Inlet from its eastern shore. Central portion of point is salt marsh about 2.5 acres.

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