As I think I've written before, the Alki Point Light is our local lighthouse. The sign in the top photo reads:
There has been a light showing safe anchorage off the point ever since the Denny Party first founded Seattle. This light house, one of 13 in the PugetSound area, was built and run by the U.S. Light House Service in 1913 as an aid to navigation. The service was taken over by Coast Guard in 1939, but it wasn't until 1970 that one of the last two two civilian light house keepers retired here at Alki Point.
The second photo is taken from inside the tower back towards the lighthouse keepers houses where a Coast Guard Admiral lives.
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