Alki Lighthouse at the south entrance to Seattle's Elliot Bay in Washington
Alki Point juts into Puget Sound just south of Elliott Bay - the center of shipping traffic for modern-day Seattle. The original settlers, seeing the potential of the area, optimistically called it New York. Later, the Coast Guard named the site Battery Point. Ultimately, it assumed the name Alki Point - a Chinook word for "by and by" or "all in good time." Despite the importance of the site, no light was officially placed on the point until 1887. The owner of the point, Hans Martin Hanson, placed a lantern on the point in 1868 as a private navigational aid. When the Lighthouse Service officially established a hanging lens lantern at the point, Hanson was paid $15 a month to watch the light.
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