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By Matt Driscoll, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Published: April 25, 2021, 12:42pm
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If the old lighthouse could talk …
It’s an odd thing to ponder, perhaps — and certainly not the first place a person’s mind goes when visiting the small waterfront park that juts out into the mouth of Commencement Bay on the other side of the city — but Jim Harnish can’t help himself. It’s how the 81-year-old ticks.
“This is the welcoming beacon for maritime traffic into the port,” Harnish said this week of the historic Browns Point Lighthouse, which dates back to a lantern first placed on a pole in 1887 and now serves as the centerpiece of the 4-acre park that bears its name.