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North Head
State: WA
Year established: 1898
Latitude: 46 deg 17
min 56 sec N
Longitude: 124 deg 4
min 40 sec W
Height above sea level: 194 feet Original construction:
current 65-ft conical white brick tower with sandstone foundation Rebuilds:
 1984: restored by Coast Guard after deteriorating without keeper
Status:
electrified in 1935; automated in 1961; land is now a State Park
Light characteristic:
two white flashes grouped every 30 seconds (.2 second flash, 7.3 second dark, .2 second flash, 22.3 second dark) visible for 26 nautical miles
More information:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/northhd.htm
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=116
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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