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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
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
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
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