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Inside the top of the lighthouse U.S. Coast Guard 36 Foot Motor Lifeboat at Umpqua Lighthouse Museum. Located at the mouth of Winchester Bay, Oregon, the first Umpqua River Light was built in 1855 and lit in 1857. Built along the river channel, the original light was vulnerable to seasonal flooding.
Umpqua River Light: Winchester Bay 1857 (First) 1894 (Current) 1966 ... List of lighthouses in Oregon. 2 languages ...
The Yaquina Head Light, also known early in its existence as the Cape Foulweather Lighthouse (though Cape Foul Weather is 4 miles to the north) is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States, established in 1873. It is located in Lincoln County, near Newport at Yaquina Head. The tower stands 93 feet (28 m) tall, and is the tallest ...
By 1877, navigational needs near Sauvie Island caused the United States Lighthouse Board to place two small red post lanterns at Warrior Rock. [2] [3] U.S. Congress authorized a lighthouse for the site in 1888. [4] The structure was designed by Carl Leick and constructed in 1889 as a small, wood-frame building atop a sandstone base.
A steamship that was wrecked on the rocks. The 160 passengers and most of the freight were landed on the Oregon shore. [23] Towed in to drydock at Cascade Locks around 1 September. The hull was found to be a "complete wreck." [24] Columbia River: Cascade Locks: Gypsy: 11 June 1900: Tore hole in bottom and sank in ten feet (3.0 m) of water. [25 ...
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Tillamook Rock Light (known locally as Terrible Tilly or just Tilly) is a deactivated lighthouse on the northern Oregon Coast of the United States.It is located approximately 1.2 miles (1.9 km) offshore from Tillamook Head, and 20 miles (32 km) south of the mouth of the Columbia River near Astoria, situated on less than an acre of basalt rock in the Pacific Ocean.
Pages in category "Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .