Semiahmoo Harbor Light

{{Infobox lighthouse

| image_name = Semiahoo Harbor Light 1943.jpg

| caption = Semiahmoo Harbor Light (USCG/1943)

| location = Blaine, Washington

| coordinates = {{coord|48.99219|N|122.78406|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| yeardeactivated = 1944

| foundation = Piling

| construction = Wood

| shape = Octagonal

| lens = Fourth order Fresnel lens

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The Semiahmoo Harbor Lighthouse was a lighthouse on Semiahmoo ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|ɛ|m|i|ˈ|ɑː|m|oʊ}} {{respell|SEM|ee|AH|moh}}) Bay near the port of Blaine, Whatcom County, Washington, in the United States.{{cite uscghist|WA|accessdate=November 28, 2008}}

History

The station consisted of a 1½-story dwelling built on a platform supported by wooden piles, with a lantern at the center of its peaked roof. It was constructed in 1905, using the same design by U.S. Lighthouse Board Architect Carl Leick used at the Desdemona Sands Lighthouse at the mouth of the Columbia River.{{cite web

| url = http://www.rudyalicelighthouse.net/NWLts/Desdmna/Desdmna.htm

| title = Desdemona Sands Light on the Columbia River

| publisher = Rudy and Alice's Lighthouse page

| accessdate = 2008-11-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105213614/http://rudyalicelighthouse.net/NWLts/Desdmna/Desdmna.htm |archivedate=January 5, 2011

}} The light was deactivated and the entire structure torn down in 1944.{{cite web

| url = http://uslhs.org/lighthouse_characteristics/maps/washington/semiahmoo_harbor_light_map.htm

| title = Semiahmoo Harbor Light (Washington)—Historical Light List Characteristics and Optics and Structures

| publisher = United States Lighthouse Society

| accessdate = 2008-11-28

| archive-date = 2008-12-01

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081201211339/http://uslhs.org/lighthouse_characteristics/maps/washington/semiahmoo_harbor_light_map.htm

| url-status = dead

}}{{cite web |url=http://www.lighthousedigest.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=234 | title = The Lost History of Washington's Semiahmoo Lighthouse |publisher=Foghorn Press |work=Lighthouse Digest |date=November 2005 |accessdate=May 27, 2015}}

References

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{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=10074 |title=The Semiahmoo Lighthouse activates its light on June 5, 1905 |publisher=HistoryLink |encyclopedia=The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History |first= Phil |last= Dougherty |date=May 6, 2012 |accessdate=May 27, 2015}}

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Category:Lighthouses completed in 1905

Category:Lighthouses in Washington (state)

Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Whatcom County, Washington

Category:1905 establishments in Washington (state)