Point Robinson Lighthouse
Maury Island
First lit: 1887
Automated: 1978
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The Point Robinson light and foghorn is the principle guiding beacon between Seattle and Tacoma. Fog is an especial problem on this point of Maury Island. In 1897, the sole keeper, who had been asking for an assistant for years, had to run the whistle for 528 straight hours on his own. In those twenty-two long days he shoveled thirty-five tons of coal by hand to power the whistle.
His request for assistance was granted. But it was 1903, six years later, before one was assigned to the light.
