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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.
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