WLA board members at the Cape Disappointment open house. Bruce, Elinor and Kathy enjoy a rare tour of the lantern room and its fourth-order Fresnel lens.
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“Open it and they will come,” was the sentiment echoed by WLA President, Elinor DeWire during the recent successful open house at Cape Disappointment Lighthouse.
The rare public opening of Washington State’s oldest sentinel was just one of two unique WLA membership events that occurred in July 2005.
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“Open it and they will come,” was the sentiment echoed by WLA President, Elinor DeWire during the recent successful open house at Cape Disappointment Lighthouse.
A rare public opening of Washington State’s oldest sentinel.
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Looking east down the mighty Columbia River from atop Cape Disappointment.
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The view over the Columbia River, out to the Pacific Ocean from the lantern room in Cape 'D' Lighthouse.
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Originally, Cape 'D' had a first-order lens. In 1898, it was transferred just two miles north to North Head Light and replaced with this fourth-order lens.
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A light at Cape Disappointment has been guiding mariners along the Columbia River since it was first lit on October 15, 1856.
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The WLA is grateful to the US Coast Guard for opening Cape 'D' lighthouse to the public.
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The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center can be seen from Cape Disappointment. It hosts the giant 1st order Fresnel lens that once shined proudly from both “Cape D” and North Head.
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