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UMPQUA RIVER LIGHT
State: OREGON
Location: UMPQUA RIVER ABOVE ENTRANCE TO WINCHESTER BAY
Nearest City: REEDSPORT
County: DOUGLAS
U.S.C.G. District: 13
Year Station Established: 1856
Existing Historic Tower:
• Year Light First Lit: 1894
• Is the Light Operational? YES
• Date Deactivated: N/A
• Automated: 1966
• Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED/MASONRY
• Construction Materials: BRICK/STUCCOED
• Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER/GREEN LANTERN/RED DOME
• Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
• Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
• Tower Height: 61
• Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
• Year Original Lens Installed: 1894
• Present Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
• Year Present Lens Installed: 1894
• Height of Focal Plane: 165
• p Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS STILL IN OPERATION
• Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
• 1. Construction Date: 1856
• Description: BRICK TOWER
• Fate/Disposition: A FRESHET IN THE UMPQUA RIVER UNDERMINED THE TOWER AND TOPPLED IT INTO THE ESTUARY FEB. 8, 1861
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (RAZED 1950S)
• Year Constructed: 1894
• Number of Stories: 1.5
• Architectural Style:
• Construction Materials: MASONRY
Other Structures: 2 OIL HOUSES
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO DOUGLAS COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION
Open to the Public? YES
Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #77001100
Name of Listing: UMPQUA RIVER LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970
Miscellaneous:
SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO HECETA HEAD LIGHT & CAPE BLANCO
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