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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
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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