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CAPE MEARES LIGHT

State: OREGON
Location: SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO TILLAMOOK BAY
Nearest City: OCEANSIDE
County: TILLAMOCK
U.S.C.G. District: 13
Year Station Established: 1890

	
Existing Historic Tower:

    * Year Light First Lit: 1890
    * Is the Light Operational? NO
    * Date Deactivated: 1963
    * Automated: 1963
    * Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
    * Construction Materials: BRICK SHEATHED IN SHEET IRON
    * Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK TRIM
    * Shape: OCTAGONAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
    * Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
    * Tower Height: 40
    * Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
    * Year Original Lens Installed: 1890
    * Present Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
    * Year Present Lens Installed: 1890
    * Height of Focal Plane: 217
    * Fresnel Lens Disposition: 

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? YES

    * Year Tower Constructed: 1963
    * Type: RECTANGULAR
    * Tower Height: 17
    * Height of Focal Plane: 232
    * Current Optic: Year Installed: 

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO DEMOLISHED CA. 1968

    * Year Constructed: 1890
    * Number of Stories: 1.5
    * Architectural Style:
    * Construction Materials: 

Other Structures: NONE REMAIN; ORIG. 2 1890 OIL HOUSES; 2 1890 KEEPERS DWELLINGS; 2 1890 CISTERNS; 1895 WORKROOM ATTACHED TO TOWER (RECONSTRUCTED 1978); 1934 GARAGE

Current Use: STATE PARK/NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO STATE OF OREGON

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

Web Site: LINK

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #73002341
Name of Listing: CAPE MEARES LIGHTHOUSE (LIGHTHOUSE STATIONS OF OREGON MPS)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970

Miscellaneous:
LIGHT REPLACED BY NEW TOWER NEARBY IN 1963 WHICH BECAME INACTIVE 1985 BUT WAS REACTIVATED SOON AFTER; BIRD REFUGE



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