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YAQUINA HEAD LIGHT

State: OREGON
Location: 3 MILES NORTH OF YAQUINA BAY ENTRANCE
Nearest City: NEWPORT
County: LINCOLN
U.S.C.G. District: 13
Year Station Established: 1873

NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1995

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1873
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1966
Foundation Materials: BRICK
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER/GREEN LANTERN/RED DOME
Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 93
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FIXED, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1873
Present Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1873
Height of Focal Plane: 162
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS STILL IN OPERATION
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DEMOLISHED 1984)

Year Constructed: 1873
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: DUPLEX
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: WHIP ANTENNA (1993), 1873 CISTERN, 1889 OIL HOUSE; DESTROYED: ASST KEEPERS, STABLE, 1886 BARN, 1889 OIL HOUSE, 1881 WATER TOWER, 1896 WAGON SHED, 1900 CISTERN, 1922 KEEPERS DWELLING, 1938 KEEPERS DWELLING

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: SALEM DISTRICT BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #73002340
Name of Listing: YAQUINA HEAD LIGHTHOUSE (LIGHTHOUSE STATIONS OF OREGON MPS) On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970

Miscellaneous:
ORIGINAL NAME WAS CAPE FOULWEATHER; BLM PLANS TO INTERPRET LIGHT AS PART OF THE YAQUINA HEAD OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA; LIGHTHOUSE & OIL HOUSE REHABILITATED IN 1992

Last Modified: Thurs, Mar 07 2002 10:51:02 am EDT
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