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YAQUINA HEAD LIGHT

State: OREGON
Location: 3 MILES NORTH OF YAQUINA BAY ENTRANCE
Nearest City: NEWPORT
County: LINCOLN
U.S.C.G. District: 13
Year Station Established: 1873

	Yaquina Head Light
NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1995
Existing Historic Tower:

    * Year Light First Lit: 1873
    * Is the Light Operational? YES
    * Date Deactivated: N/A
    * Automated: 1966
    * Foundation Materials: BRICK
    * Construction Materials: BRICK
    * Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER/GREEN LANTERN/RED DOME
    * Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
    * Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
    * Tower Height: 93
    * Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FIXED, FRESNEL
    * Year Original Lens Installed: 1873
    * Present Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
    * Year Present Lens Installed: 1873
    * Height of Focal Plane: 162
    * Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS STILL IN OPERATION
    * Has tower been moved? NO 

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DEMOLISHED 1984)

    * Year Constructed: 1873
    * Number of Stories: 2
    * Architectural Style: DUPLEX
    * Construction Materials: WOOD 

Other Structures: WHIP ANTENNA (1993), 1873 CISTERN, 1889 OIL HOUSE; DESTROYED: ASST KEEPERS, STABLE, 1886 BARN, 1889 OIL HOUSE, 1881 WATER TOWER, 1896 WAGON SHED, 1900 CISTERN, 1922 KEEPERS DWELLING, 1938 KEEPERS DWELLING

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: SALEM DISTRICT BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #73002340
Name of Listing: YAQUINA HEAD LIGHTHOUSE (LIGHTHOUSE STATIONS OF OREGON MPS) On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970

Miscellaneous:
ORIGINAL NAME WAS CAPE FOULWEATHER; BLM PLANS TO INTERPRET LIGHT AS PART OF THE YAQUINA HEAD OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA; LIGHTHOUSE & OIL HOUSE REHABILITATED IN 1992