WESTPORT, WA
September 9th 2013 The historic Grays Harbor Lighthouse was first commissioned on June 30, 1898. The original turning mechanism, set in a drum of mercury, was cranked by hand each day to rotate the oil fueled lamp. Now a new, smaller lamp with a very powerful light guides mariners with the same alternating red and white flashes. The tower windows are 1/4 inch thick, making its reflections a fire-starting hazard t
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