Historic Light Station
Information
& Photography
OREGON
CAPE ARAGO (CAPE GREGORY) LIGHT
Location: GREGORY POINT/SW OF COOS BAY ENTRANCE
Station Established: 1866
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1934
Operational? YES
Automated? YES 1966
Deactivated: n/a
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE
Tower Shape: OCTAGONAL ATTACHED TO FOG SIGNAL BD
Markings/Pattern: WHITE TOWER, GREEN LANTERN, RED DOME
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1866
PHOTOGRAPHS (click on light name below to access image):
NO PHOTOGRAPH YET AVAILABLE
CAPE BLANCO LIGHT
Location: SOUTHERNMOST OREGON COAST
Station Established: 1870
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1870
Operational? YES
Automated? YES 1980
Deactivated: n/a
Foundation Materials: BRICK
Construction Materials: BRICK
Tower Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Markings/Pattern: WHITE TOWER, GREEN LANTERN, RED DOME
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED
Original Lens: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL 1870
PHOTOGRAPHS (click on light name below to access image):
NO PHOTOGRAPH YET AVAILABLE
CAPE MEARES LIGHT
Location: SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO TILLAMOOK BAY
Station Established: 1890
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1890
Operational? NO
Automated? YES 1963
Deactivated: 1963
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: BRICK SHEATHED IN SHEET IRON
Tower Shape: OCTAGONAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Markings/Pattern: WHITE W/BLACK TRIM
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED
Original Lens: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL 1890
PHOTOGRAPHS (click on light name below to access image):
COQUILLE RIVER (BANDON) LIGHT
Location: ENTRANCE TO COQUILLE RIVER
Station Established: 1896
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1896
Operational? NO
Automated? YES
Deactivated: 1939
Foundation Materials: ROCK & CONCRETE JETTY
Construction Materials: BRICK/STUCCOED
Tower Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO SIGNAL BLDG.
Markings/Pattern: WHITE TOWER W/BLACK LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1896
PHOTOGRAPHS (click on light name below to access image):
HECETA HEAD LIGHT
Location: NORTH OF SUISLAW RIVER
Station Established: 1894
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1894
Operational? YES
Automated? YES 1963
Deactivated: n/a
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: BRICK/STUCCOED
Tower Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Markings/Pattern: WHITE TOWER/GREEN LANTERN/RED DOME
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED
Original Lens: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL 1894
PHOTOGRAPHS (click on light name below to access image):
TILLAMOOK ROCK LIGHT
Location: OFF TILLAMOOK HEAD
Station Established: 1881
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1881
Operational? NO
Automated? YES
Deactivated: 1957
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: BASALT MASONRY/BRICK/IRON
Tower Shape: ROUND LANTERN ON SQUARE TOWER
Markings/Pattern: WHITE
Relationship to Other Structure: INTEGRAL
Original Lens: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL 1881
HISTORICAL INFORMATION:
Tillamook Rock, one of the most exposed stations on the Pacific coast, has received many batterings by violent storms. Although the lantern is 133 feet above the level of the sea, the protective glass has on more than one occasion been shattered by stones hurled by giant waves. During the building of the station a lighthouse engineer lost his life during an attempted landing on the rock. While extensive repairs were being made to the lighthouse following a disastrous storm, a keeper and a workman were taken seriously ill as the result of exposure. A lighthouse tender attempted to remove them from the rock, but after several efforts to send a boat to the rock it was necessary to remove the men by means of a breeches buoy. Other men were landed on the rock in the same manner to take the place of those who were ill. In 1957 the light was discontinued and the island sold.
PHOTOGRAPHS (click on light name below to access image):
UMPQUA RIVER LIGHT
Location: UMPQUA RIVER ABOVE ENTRANCE TO WINCHESTER BAY
Station Established: 1856
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1894
Operational? YES
Automated? YES 1966
Deactivated: n/a
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED/MASONRY
Construction Materials: BRICK/STUCCOED
Tower Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Markings/Pattern: WHITE TOWER/GREEN LANTERN/RED DOME
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED
Original Lens: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL 1894
PHOTOGRAPHS (click on light name below to access image):
NO PHOTOGRAPH AVAILABLE
WILLAMETTE RIVER LIGHT
Location: MOUTH OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER
Station Established: 1895
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit:
Operational: No
Automated: No
Deactivated:
Tower Shape: None, two-story octagonal dwelling on piles. Light was a post lantern mounted on a railing of the dwelling.
Height:
Markings/Pattern: Post lantern mounted on a railing.
Original Lens:
Characteristic: Flashing white every 4 seconds
Fog Horn: Bell, 1 stroke every 10 seconds
HISTORICAL INFORMATION:
- Funding authorized in 1894.
- Station was established in 1895.
- Station was electrified and automated in 1935. Light and fog signal were moved to a low piling near the Kelly Point beach while the dwelling was acquired by the Portland Mercantile Exchange.
- Dwelling was destroyed by fire in the 1950s.
PHOTOGRAPHS (click on light name below to access image):
YAQUINA BAY LIGHT (OLD)
Location: YAQUINA BAY STATE PARK
Station Established: 1871
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1871
Operational? NO
Automated? NO
Deactivated: 1874-1996
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: WOOD
Tower Shape: SQUARE
Markings/Pattern: WHITE TOWER ON DWELLING
Relationship to Other Structure: INTEGRAL
Original Lens: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1871
PHOTOGRAPHS (click on light name below to access image):
YAQUINA HEAD LIGHT
Location: THREE MILES NORTH OF YAQUINA BAY ENTRANCE
Station Established: 1873
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1873
Operational? YES
Automated? YES 1966
Deactivated: n/a
Foundation Materials: BRICK
Construction Materials: BRICK
Tower Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Markings/Pattern: WHITE TOWER/GREEN LANTERN/RED DOME
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED
Original Lens: FIRST ORDER, FIXED, FRESNEL 1868
PHOTOGRAPHS (click on light name below to access image):
