Yaquina Head Lighthouse by nongo

Photography • Scenic • posted on Jul 10, 2006

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Yaquina Head Lighthouse is one of the most popular lighthouses in the United States. There are hundreds of thousands of guests that visit every year. The tower is the tallest on the Oregon Coast - soaring 93 feet in the air. This lighthouse is the only Oregon Lighthouse with a marble floor. It stands 162 feet above sea level, and can be seen from ocean vessels as far away as 19 miles. This story was told by one of the kind volunteers at this lighthouse. He added that it can be seen "no further, thanks to the curvature of the earth." During construction, two different boats met their doom on Yaquina Head's shores trying to deliver supplies. After much labor, the lighthouse was lit on August 20, 1873. There was a large dwelling built for the three keepers that manned this lighthouse station. Because of this lighthouses proximity on the coast, there were a number of storms and high winds that caused surface damage to the tower and the keeper's dwellings. Fences were built to ward off rocks and other debris from destroying the property. However, this didn't stop the tower from being struck by lightning in October of 1920. Luckily, through the years, the lightening and severe storms haven't really hurt this lighthouse. In fact, to this very day the structure of the lighthouse is within one inch of being perfectly straight.

Comments (24)

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DJB

1:14AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

I love lighthouses. I wish there were more around my area. Excellent commentary and phot Akemi.

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marybelgium

1:41AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

beautiful and interesting !

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kimariehere

1:50AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

beautiful light house!! i love love lighthouses and this one is gorgeous i enjoyed seeing it ! where is yacquina? .. well done!!

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Apophis906

1:59AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

Oh thats such a site to see, lighthouses are just so amazing. Awesome photo for sure.

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caro_gigi

2:39AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

I'm just back from the sea and this great picture remember me the great time that I had. Very nice. Have a nice day...

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sharky_

3:26AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

Wow! Excellent information on this lighthouse. I"m sure this light house had saved many boatpeople. Excellent. Aloha

vlaaitje

4:38AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

wow, such an awesome shot, so crips and clear..love it against the cloudy sky

BorisB

4:43AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

A beautiful image with brilliant atmosphere, very well done!!

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southernamazon1957

8:18AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

Gorgeous! I love the crispness of the white. Thank you :)

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nongo

8:24AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

Oh, sorry... this lighthouse is on the Oregon coast, just got back from a week there...

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Margana

9:27AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

What a great shot of this lovely lighthouse,Akemi.Your composition is wonderful.I love the blue/white color palette...it makes the dark areas stand out really well.I loved reading about it,too.Thanks for sharing and hope you had a fabulous time in Oregon.-M :^)

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Perkns

9:30AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

Looks like you had a great trip! Looking forward to seeing more of it.

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kansas

11:14AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

A wonderful photo of this landmark lighthouse. Thanks for the info, too.

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Onslow

11:45AM | Mon, 10 July 2006

A splendid shot and lighthouse. They always have such an interesting story to tell - thank you for the background info too.

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SoulSearcherr

12:38PM | Mon, 10 July 2006

love shots such as this

PhotoSmith

2:19PM | Mon, 10 July 2006

A gorgeous picture on one of Oregon's clearer days! Simply stunning, but did you "repaint" for them. Last time I visited the lighthouse was in desperate need of paint. As you mentioned hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, each charged a fee, and STILL the State of Oregon is too cheap to take care of it. This is disgraceful!!! Sorry, but seeing your photo of how wonderful it can be just got me going! :)

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nongo

2:37PM | Mon, 10 July 2006

Not to worry, it has recently been painted. Last time we were there it was in desperate need of paint, looks great now!!!!

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pm_hackworth

2:40PM | Mon, 10 July 2006

Twenty kazillion stars!!!!! That is AWESOME

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keeneye

11:55PM | Mon, 10 July 2006

How did you capture this without any people in it????? Amazingly captured!!!!!! A real classic beauty!!!!!!!!! I really love this one Akemi!!!!!!!

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Punaguy

12:26AM | Tue, 11 July 2006

Hey Akemi! Was starting to get a little worried about you as I haven't seen some posts from you for a bit. Glad to know it was a well deserved vacation that kept you away!! This is so kewl, we don't have many lighthouses that look like this around the island. Most are just steel structures with a light on them..all automatic. I love lighthouses, I guess it's because you will always have a job looking out over the ocean. Thanks for the lovely view and history of this beauty...Welcome Back! Aloha!

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smittan

2:37PM | Tue, 11 July 2006

nice shot of that lighthouse !!

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Hidinthesierras

9:52PM | Tue, 11 July 2006

Awsome lighthouse capture, love the lighting! 8-)

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Cosine

1:29AM | Thu, 13 July 2006

Thank you for sharing one of my favorite lighthouses. I'm glad they got around to painting it, as you and Steve said it really needed that paint job. :-) Excellent composition and colors. I'm glad you had some sunshine while you were down here on vacation.

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