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Lighthouse History

Built: 1879

Type: Square tower between Office & Signal bldg

Height: 30 Feet

Status: Active

Location: Hansville

Lens: Fifth Order Fresnel / Present Fourth Order Fresnel

Signal: Fog Bell / Replaced with a Daboll Trumpet

Keepers: J.S Maggs

Notes: Construction of the lighthouse began in April 1879. The first light used was a kerosene lamp. As 1879 drew to a close, the lens and a glass for the lantern had not arrived, so the first lighthouse keeper, J.S. Maggs, a Seattle Dentists, hung a canvas over the south window openings to break the wind and keep the Kerosene lamp from blowing out. 
Upon completion of the light station in February 1880, the lantern room held a fifth-order Fresnel Lens. The original masonry structure was 27 feet high. The present 30-foot  brick and stucco tower is square and situated between the office and fog signal building. A fog signal, formerly used at New Dungeness Lighthouse was installed in April 1880.    
In 1975, a 90-foot (27 m) radar tower was built on the west side of the ligthhouse.  The tower is used for the Vessel Traffic System (VTS). In 1977, the Point No Point Lighthouse became fully automated, and only required one man to be assigned to the station. In 1990, the fog bell was replaced by a Daboll Trumpet. The lens in the tower was changed to a fourth-order Fresnel lens, which is still in place today.
In 1997, the last U.S Coast Guard personnel left Point No Point and it stood empty until the U.S Coast Guard leased the property for Kitsap County Parks and Recreation.


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