Type:
Year Established:
1856
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1907
Download:
umpqua river portrait 1.jpeg (479.32 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2024
Photo Credit:
David Zapatka
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
UMPQUA RIVER ABOVE ENTRANCE TO WINCHESTER BAY
Latitude:
43° 39'45"
Longitude:
124° 12'30"
City / Town:
REEDSPORT
U.S. State:
Oregon
Location County:
DOUGLAS
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1894
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK/STUCCOED
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED/MASONRY
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
164
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
50
Tower Shape:
CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1894
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
MASONRY
Other Structures:
2 OIL HOUSES
OPTICS
Current Optic:
FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Original Optic Type:
FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1857
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017
Original tower replaced in 1894.