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YAQUINA BAY LIGHT (OLD)

State: OREGON
Location: YAQUINA BAY STATE PARK
Nearest City: NEWPORT
County: LINCOLN
U.S.C.G. District: 13
Year Station Established: 1871
	Yaquina Bay Light (Old)
Existing Historic Tower:

    * Year Light First Lit: 1871
    * Is the Light Operational? NO
    * Date Deactivated: 1874-1996
    * Automated:
    * Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
    * Construction Materials: WOOD
    * Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER ON DWELLING
    * Shape: SQUARE
    * Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
    * Tower Height: 51
    * Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
    * Year Original Lens Installed: 1871
    * Present Optic: 250MM
    * Year Present Lens Installed: 1996
    * Height of Focal Plane: 161
    * Fresnel Lens Disposition: UNKNOWN 

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

    * Year Constructed: 1871
    * Number of Stories: 2
    * Architectural Style: CLAPBOARD
    * Construction Materials: WOOD 

Other Structures: CISTERN

Current Use: MUSEUM IN STATE PARK/PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: STATE OF OREGON LEASE TO LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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

Web Site: Link

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #74001692
Name of Listing: OLD YAQUINA BAY LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970

Miscellaneous:
REPLACED BY YAQUINA HEAD LIGHT IN 1874; USED AS CREW STATION FOR U.S. LIFESAVING SERVICE; RELIT AS PRIVATE AID IN 1996