Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Oregon Lighthouses--Tillamook Rock Light

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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

Last Modified: Wed, Mar 06 2002 4:12:02 pm EDT
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