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| Burrows Island Light |
| Location: |
Burrows Island, Washington |
Coordinates
WGS-84 (GPS) |
48°28′41″N, 122°42′49″W |
| Year first lit: |
1906 |
| Automated: |
1972 |
| Foundation: |
Stone |
| Construction: |
Wood |
| Tower shape: |
White Square tower on fog signal building |
| Height: |
34 ft (57 feet above sea level) |
| Original lens: |
Fourth order Fresnel lens (removed) |
| Range: |
9 nm |
| Characteristic: |
Flashing white light every 6s. Emergency light Iso W 6s, operates at reduced intensity. HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si). |
First lit on April 1, 1906, the Daboll trumpet fog signal blew the next year for 329 hours. The 34-foot square tower is attached to the fog signal building and once held a fourth-order Fresnel lens. The wood framed lighthouse stands nears the island’s shoreline, which is mostly sharp, rocky drop-offs. Automated in 1972, the Fresnel lens was replaced with modern optics and a helicopter landing at the former site of the keeper’s house
