General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Lighthouse |
|---|
Location
| Location: |
Florence, Lane County, Oregon, USA |
|---|---|
| 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
|
|---|---|
| base |
stone
|
Chronology
| 1892 | Beginning of construction. |
|---|---|
| 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.
- (2000): Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast. Your Guide to the Lighthouses of California, Oregon, and Washington. Voyageur Press, Minnesota (USA), pp. 176.
- : 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
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