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Tillamook Rock Light
| Location: |
Off Tillamook Head |
| Foundation: |
Concrete |
| Construction: |
Basalt masonry, brick, iron |
| Year first lit: |
1881 |
| Deactivated: |
1957 |
| Tower shape: |
Round lantern on square tower |
| Height: |
62 ft |
| Original lens: |
First order Fresnel lens (removed) |
| Range: |
18 miles |
Tillamook Rock Light is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States, located one mile offshore from Tillamook Head. It is visible from Seaside, Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park. Nicknamed "Terrible Tilly" (or Tillie), for its situation in the stormy Pacific Ocean, this decommissioned lighthouse was built in 1881. The structure has attached keeper's quarters and a 62-foot tower that originally housed a first-order fresnel lens 133 feet above sea level. The light was visible 18 miles out to sea. [1]
Storms continually damaged the structure, and once smashed the glass windows in the tower, damaging the lens. The lighthouse was shut down in 1957 and replaced with a whistle buoy, having become the most expensive U.S. lighthouse to operate. [2]
The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [3] It currently serves as a private columbarium and is part of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
[edit] References
- ^ Discover Oregon Lighthouses: Tillamook
- ^ May 1, 2005, Statesman-Journal article on Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
- ^ National Register of Historic Places
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