Yaquina Bay Light

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Tennoe, Mariam T.; Henssonow, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Yaquina Bay Light is a lighthouse built in 1871 soon after the founding of the city of Newport, Oregon, United States. It was the most populated port between Puget Sound and San Francisco. Located on the north side of the Yaquina Bay in Newport, it was built by Ben Simpson and first lit November 3, 1871 but active for only three years due to the establishment of the Yaquina Head Light in 1873, located three miles north of Yaquina Bay. The bay lighthouse was decommissioned October 1, 1874 since the Yaquina Head Light made it unneeded. The fifth order Fresnel lens was moved to the Yerba Buena Light for its opening in 1875. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used the lighthouse from 1888 to 1896 as a living quarters while it built the North and South Jetties at the mouth of Yaquina Bay. The United States Coast Guard later used the lighthouse as lookout and living quarters from 1906 to 1915, before moving to their more central quarters just above the busy Newport bayfront. During this period, the Coast Guard also built the eight-story steel observation tower that continues to stand next to the original lighthouse.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131288579
• ISBN-10: 6131288577
• Artikelnr.: 30174276