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Destruction Island
State: WA
Year established: 1891
Latitude: 47 deg 40
min 28 sec N
Longitude: 124 deg 29
min 7 sec W
Height above sea level: 147 feet Original construction:
current 94-ft conical brick-lined iron tower
Status:
automated in 1968
Light characteristic:
flashes white every 10 seconds, visible for 18 nautical miles, horn: 1 blast every 30 seconds, lasts 3 seconds
More information:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/destruct.htm
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=118
U.S. Department of Homeland Security / United States Coast Guard, Light List, Volume 6 Pacific Coast and Pacific Islands, Pacific Coast and Outlying Pacific Islands, (Washington, DC: GPO, 2004), p. 9

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