# Point Sherman Light

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Point Sherman Light The old Point Sherman Light Location Point Sherman Lynn Canal Alaska United States Coordinates 58°51′11″N 135°09′06″W / 58.853126°N 135.151531°W / 58.853126; -135.151531 Tower Constructed 1904 (first) Foundation concrete blocks Construction wooden tower (first) Automated 1981 Height 42 feet (13 m) (first) 20 feet (6.1 m) (current) Shape hexagonal tower (first) lamppost with two day marker and light (current) Markings white tower (first) Operator Tongass National Forest[1][2] Light First lit 1981 (current) Deactivated reduced to minor light in 1917 and discontinued in 1932 Lens Fresnel lens Characteristic F W

The **Point Sherman Light** was a [lighthouse](/source/Lighthouse) located 38 miles (61 km) north of [Juneau](/source/Juneau), [Alaska](/source/Alaska), along the east side of [Lynn Canal](/source/Lynn_Canal), eight miles (13 km) south of [Eldred Rock Light](/source/Eldred_Rock_Light). It is no longer standing.

## History

Construction was completed in 1904 and the light was first lit on October 18, 1904. The original light was reduced to a minor light shortly before 1917. In 1932, the station was transferred to the [Forest Service](/source/United_States_Forest_Service) and replaced by a nearby buoy. A dayboard and a light were placed on the site of the original light in 1981.

## See also

- [Alaska portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Alaska)
- [Engineering portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Engineering)

- [List of lighthouses in the United States](/source/List_of_lighthouses_in_the_United_States)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Rowlett, Russ. ["Lighthouses of Alaska"](https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/ak.htm). *The Lighthouse Directory*. [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill). Retrieved 2016-06-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Alaska Historic Light Station Information & Photography](http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHAK.asp) United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 8 June 2016

## External links

- ["Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Alaska"](https://media.defense.gov/2018/Jul/09/2001940194/-1/-1/0/LHAK.PDF) (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.

- [Lighthouse Friends — Point Sherman Lighthouse](http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=876)

- Rowlett, Russ. ["Lighthouses of Alaska"](https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/ak.htm). *The Lighthouse Directory*. [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill).

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