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TILLAMOOK ROCK LIGHT

State: OREGON
Location: OFF TILLAMOOK HEAD
Nearest City: SEASIDE
County: CLATSOP
U.S.C.G. District: 13
Year Station Established: 1881

	Tillamook Rock Light
Photo courtesy Eternity at Sea
Existing Historic Tower:

    * Year Light First Lit: 1881
    * Is the Light Operational? NO
    * Date Deactivated: 1957
    * Automated:
    * Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
    * Construction Materials: BASALT MASONRY/BRICK/IRON
    * Markings/Patterns: WHITE
    * Shape: ROUND LANTERN ON SQUARE TOWER
    * Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
    * Tower Height: 62
    * Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
    * Year Original Lens Installed: 1881
    * Present Optic: REMOVED
    * Year Present Lens Installed:
    * Height of Focal Plane: 133
    * Fresnel Lens Disposition:
    * Has tower been moved? NO 

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

    * Year Constructed: 1881
    * Construction Materials: MASONRY
    * Architectural Style: ATTACHED WING
    * Fog Signal Type: TRUMPET STEAM SIREN 

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

    * Year Constructed: 1881
    * Number of Stories: 1
    * Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
    * Construction Materials: MASONRY 

Other Structures: CISTERN, STORAGE BUILDING

Current Use: COLUMBARIUM IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Owner/Manager: ETERNITY AT SEA MARKETING

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #81000480
Name of Listing: TILLAMOOK ROCK LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970

Miscellaneous:
ENGINEERING FEAT CONSTRUCTED BY GEORGE BALLANTYNE; REPLACED BY WHISTLE BUOY



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