Slip Point Lighthouse - Washington

Slip Point, on the east end of Clallam Bay, was the fourth and last lighthouse built on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It was lit on April 1, 1905. A lens lantern was mounted on the side of a small fog signal building that stood on a narrow bluff beneath a steep, wooded hillside. West of the fog signal building, the keeper's dwelling stood in an open swale on the bay. To reach the light, the keeper walked a long, wooden catwalk built on pilings over the rocky shore. At high tide, waves crashed about his feet.

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