General Information
Project Type
Function / usage: |
Lighthouse |
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Location
Location: |
Florence, Lane County, Oregon, USA |
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Location description: |
12 miles north of Florence |
Coordinates: | 44° 8' 14.57" N 124° 7' 41.17" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
height | 17.07 m |
Materials
tower |
masonry
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base |
stone
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Chronology
1892 | Beginning of construction. |
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1894 | Completion. |
30 March 1894 | The Fresnel Lens is lit for the first time. |
12 February 1961 | A rock slide causes the only light failure to date in the operation of the lighthouse. |
June 2000 | First Order Fresnel Lens stopped to be restored. |
15 March 2001 | Original lens reactivated. |
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Heceta Head Lens Project. In: Lighthouse Digest, 10/2001. :
- Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast. Your Guide to the Lighthouses of California, Oregon, and Washington. Voyageur Press, Minnesota (USA), pp. 176. (2000):
- Oregon's Seacoast Lighthouses. Webb Research Group, pp. 265. :
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20014651 - Published on:
01/12/2004 - Last updated on:
18/10/2015