Mukilteo Light Station
N 47° 56.923 W 122° 18.374
10T E 551803 N 5310833
Lighthouse near the ferry terminal in Mukilteo, WA
Waymark Code: WM25RZ
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2007
Views: 47
The Mukilteo Light Station began operation on March 1, 1906. The reknowned lighthouse architect Carl W. Leick designed the Victorian style lighthouse, with its 38-foot octagonal tower and the attached building for the compressor for the fog horn. The two keepers' houses were built at the same time, as well as the pump house and the windmill. The entire light station cost about $27.000.
The lighthouse was equipped with an oil lamp, which had to be refilled every three hours, and a rotating lens, which had to be wound every three hours using a clockwork mechanism. Oil was also used for the compressor for the fog horn, which protruded from the rear of the building. The present lens is a fourth order Fresnel lens, made in France in 1852 and brought to Mukilteo when the lighthouse was converted to electricity in 1927. The light has a flash pattern of two seconds on, three seconds off, a signal that is unique to Mukilteo. Now totally automated, the light and the fog horn continue to be maintained by the Coast Guard as working aids to navigation.
The lighthouse began operation under the US Light House Establishment. The US Coast Guard took over operation of all lighthouses in 1939. The Mukilteo Light Station was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. In 2001, the US Coast Guard transferred the Mukilteo Light Station property to the City of Mukilteo.
Street address:
608 Front Street
Mukilteo, WA USA
98275
County / Borough / Parish: Snohomish County
Year listed: 1977
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924
Historic function: Transportation
Current function: Transportation
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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