Willapa Bay

Alternate Name(s):
Cape Shoalwater
Year Established:
1858
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1907
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1897
Photo Credit:
RG 26-LG-62a-2-ac
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Cape Shoalwater/Willapa Bay
Latitude:
46° 43'00"
Longitude:
124° 04'25"
U.S. State:
Washington
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Willapa Bay
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1940
Disposition:
Undermined by Erosion 1941; Replaced with a Steel Cylindrical Tower Built 1961
Year Tower Established:
1858
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
80.5
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
35
Tower Shape:
CYLINDRICAL ON SQUARE HOUSE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1858

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1858
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018