Umpqua River Light
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| Location: | Winchester Bay |
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| Foundation: | Natural/emplaced/masonry |
| Construction: | Brick/stuccoed |
| Year first lit: | 1894 |
| Automated: | 1966 |
| Tower shape: | Conical attached to workroom |
| Height: | 61 feet |
| Original lens: | First order Fresnel |
| Range: | 21 miles |
| Characteristic: | Group Flash White, Alternate Red Flash, 15 sec. 2 W., 1 R Flashes |
The Umpqua River Light is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States, located at the mouth of the Umpqua River on Winchester Bay, in Douglas County.
The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]
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[edit] External links
- Discover Oregon Lighthouses: Umpqua
- Umpqua Lighthouse State Park
- June 9, 2005, Statesman Journal article on Umpqua River Lighthouse
- Umpqua River Lighthouse entry at Lighthouse Friends.com
- Umpqua River Light entry in National Park Service inventory of historic lighthouses
- Close-up photos of the Umpqua River Lighthouse Frensel lens
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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