The West Point Light, also known as the Discovery Park Lighthouse, is a 23-foot-high lighthouse in Seattle, Washington, USA.


The West Point Light, also known as the Discovery Park Lighthouse, is a 23-foot-high lighthouse on Seattle, Washington's West Point which juts into Puget Sound and marks the northern extent of Elliott Bay. Opening on November 15, 1881, and featuring a fourth-order Fresnel lens, it was the first manned light station on Puget Sound and cost $25,000 to build. It was illuminated with a kerosene lamp for its first 44 years, until it was attached to Seattle's electric grid in 1926.


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Location: West Point Lighthouse, Discovery Park, Seattle, Washington, USA
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