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Slip Point Light
Slip Point Light circa 1943 - 1953
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LocationClallam Bay, Washington
Coordinates48°15′52″N 124°15′04″W / 48.2645°N 124.251°W / 48.2645; -124.251[1]
Tower
ConstructionWood frame (first light);
steel (second light)
Automated1977[2]
ShapeSquare (first); skeletal tower (second)
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First litApril 1, 1905 (first); 1916 (second); 1951 (third)[2]
Deactivatedca. 2000[2]
Focal height1916 tower: 35 feet (11 m);[3]
1951 tower: 55 feet (17 m)[4]
Characteristic1916: white flash every 4 s;[2]
lightbuoy: green flash every 4 s[5]

Slip Point Lighthouse was a lighthouse on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, sitting on the point of land that marks the eastern side of Clallam Bay in Clallam County, Washington. The original light was replaced by a freestanding tower in 1951, which was discontinued around 2000 and replaced with a buoy light.[5]

  1. ^ "Slip Point Lighthouse". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference LHF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 13thdist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Strait of Juan de Fuca Entrance (Map). 1:100,000. NOAA. 1998. Chart 18460. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference unc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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