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Lighthouse History

Built: 1865

Type: Fog Signal Building with an attached Octagonal Tower

Height: 

Status: Non Active

Location: Port Angeles

Deactivated: 1908

Lens: Fifth Order Fresnel

Signal: Fog Bell

Keepers: George K. Smith

Notes: An executive order signed by President Lincoln established the station in 1862, and the bonfire beacon was replaced by a lighthouse in 1865. The lighthouse, which resembled a country schoolhouse, was a two-story dwelling with a pitched roof and a small tower protruding from one end. A fixed, fifth-order Fresnel lens was first shown from the lantern room on April 2, 1865.   
A fog bell was added to the station in 1885. A pyramid-shaped structure was built to house the clockwork mechanism for striking the bell, and the one-and-a-half-ton bell was suspended from support beams near the top of the structure.     The lantern room and lens were removed from the 1865 lighthouse and placed atop the new lighthouse,     The tower was removed from the old lighthouse, and it was remodeled and continued to serve as a dwelling together with a newer structure built next to it. 
The second Ediz Hook Lighthouse also had a lifetime of service spanning only about four decades. It was replaced in 1946 by a modern beacon positioned atop the control tower at Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles, which had been established near the end of Ediz Hook. The 1908 lighthouse was sold and barged across the harbor to Port Angeles, where it is still used as a private residence. 


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