Light House.......

2008.07.13

Took this image on the way to the lighthouse

Was a busy Yaqina Head so had to park and walk, on the way I saw this rock with seabirds

Almost to the rock

Yaquina Head Lighthouse

Here is another image with my back to the lighthouse

Almost there, on the path to the enterance

Getting ready to go into the lighhouse

Took one last image of the tower before going in :)

Photos taken by BLM

Waiting to go up and snapped image of hallway door window

Hallway to the Stairs

Looking up the spiral staircase...........It looks like it is more than 114 stairs :)

Made it almost to the top, support for the light

Well her I am in the light area, would not let you go further than this :)

Windows and outer lens

Outer Lens of the Light

Base of light stand for bulbs

Looking up into the lens

The trip down the stairs

Now looking down the spiral staircase, has to be easier going down :)

We went to our favorite place to day on the Oregon Coast, "Depot Bay" and on the way there we stopped at the.......

......Yaquina Head Lighthouse........

The 93 foot tower, Oregon's tallest, is located on a narrow point of land jutting due west into the Pacific Ocean north of Newport, at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area. Winds and rain have buffeted this lighthouse since its beginning in 1872. It took approximately one year, and over 370,000 bricks to construct Oregon's tallest lighthouse.

The light has been active since Head Keeper Fayette Crosby walked up the 114 steps, to light the wicks on the evening of August 20, 1873. At that time the oil burning fixed white light was displayed from sunset to sunrise. Today, the fully automated first order Fresnel lens runs on commercial power and flashes its unique pattern of 2 seconds on, 2 seconds off, 2 seconds on, 14 seconds off, 24 hours a day. The oil burning wicks have been replaced with a 1000 watt globe that according to the US Coast Guard, keepers of the aid to navigation, generates over 130,000 candlepower.

The nightly vigil of watching the light is gone as are the resident keepers and their quarters, but the staff of the Bureau of Land Management, who are now responsible for the tower, guide you through the lighthouse with tales of yesteryear.

For more info on the lighthouse
Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Oregon at Lighthousefriends.com