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COQUILLE RIVER (BANDON) LIGHT

State: OREGON
Location: ENTRANCE TO COQUILLE RIVER
Nearest City: BANDON
County: COOS
U.S.C.G. District: 13
Year Station Established: 1896

	Coquille River (Bandon) Light
NPS photo circa 1995
Existing Historic Tower:

    * Year Light First Lit: 1896
    * Is the Light Operational? NO
    * Date Deactivated: 1939
    * Automated:
    * Foundation Materials: ROCK /CONCRETE JETTY
    * Construction Materials: BRICK/STUCCOED
    * Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER W/BLACK LANTERN
    * Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO SIGNAL BLDG.
    * Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
    * Tower Height: 40
    * Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
    * Year Original Lens Installed: 1896
    * Present Optic: SOLAR POWERED (NOT ACTIVE)
    * Year Present Lens Installed: 1991
    * Height of Focal Plane: 47
    * Fresnel Lens Disposition: 

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

    * Year Constructed: 1896
    * Construction Materials: ATTACHED TO TOWER
    * Architectural Style: OCTOLATERAL
    * Fog Signal Type: NONE; 1ST CLASS DABOLL TRUMPET/SIREN 

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO DESTROYED

    * Year Constructed: 1896
    * Number of Stories: 1.5
    * Architectural Style: VICTORIAN DUPLEX
    * Construction Materials: WOOD 

Other Structures: NONE; ORIG. BARN

Current Use: STATE PARK

Owner/Manager: U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS LEASE TO OREGON STATE PARKS

Web Site:

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

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #74001682
Name of Listing: COQUILLE RIVER LIGHT
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1973

Miscellaneous:
REPLACED BY JETTY LIGHT AND BUOYS; RESTORED 1975-1978; CURRENT LIGHT SHIELDED FROM OCEAN VISIBLE ONLY FROM BANDON