lime kiln lighthouse
Lime Kiln Lighthouse borrows its name from the limekilns built in the area in the 1860s. The lighthouse, erected in 19119, is built atop solid rock, about twenty feet above high water. Lime Kiln was the last lighthouse in Washington to be electrified, well after World War II when a submarine power cable was laid from Anacortes to the San Juan Islands in 1951. In 1985, the lighthouse and surrounding sea were dedicated as a whale sanctuary and research station for marine mammal scientists. Today, the tower flashes a white light once every ten seconds -- and you can even get married at the top of the lighthouse!
San Juan Island, Washington
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