Eldred Rock Light

Eldred Rock Light, beside Lynn Canal in Alaska, was completed on June 1, 1906, after severe weather delayed work, and became an important part of the canal’s network of manned lighthouses serving the region around Skagway. The octagonal concrete structure was the last lighthouse built in Lynn Canal, the last of ten built in Alaska between 1902 and 1906, and the last of the state’s twelve manned lighthouse stations begun. Distinctive for combining the light, fog signal, and keepers’ quarters in one building, it also featured an unusual Fresnel lens that produced alternating red and white flashes. Harsh isolation marked service there, and the station was automated in 1973.