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In our last issue, we published this old National Archives photo of what had been identified as Hog Island Light in Alaska, and we asked our readers if anyone knew more about it and if it was still standing. This piqued the curiosity of Russ Rowlett of The Lighthouse Directory, who discovered that the light is actually the Hog Rocks Light (Admiralty G6024, USCG 6-21950), located on a rocky reef in the Revillagigedo Channel in southeast Alaska, between the Mary Island Lighthouse and Ketchikan.
In an email, Russ Rowlett stated, “This is an interesting and historic minor light. Through Google Books I was able to trace it through the 1924, 1928, 1952, 1961, and 1979 light lists, always with the same description (square truncated pyramidal concrete tower, 23 ft. tall). The older lists give 1907 as the date of establishment. In other words, this light survives from the earliest period of Alaska lighthouse history.”
Thanks to a photo taken by Tom Chisholm, we also know what the Hog Rocks Light structure looks like today. To learn more about The Lighthouse Directory go to: www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/
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