Coquille River Light

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Coquille River Light
Coquille River Light
Location:	Bandon, Oregon
Year first constructed:	1891
Year first lit:	1896
Deactivated:	1939
Foundation:	Rock/Concrete Jetty
Construction:	Brick/Stuccoed
Tower shape:	Conical attached to signal building
Markings/Pattern:	White tower, black lantern
Height:	40 feet
Elevation:	47 feet
Original lens:	Fourth order Fresnel
Current lens:	Solar (1991) (visible only from Bandon)
Range:	12 miles (formerly)[1]
Characteristic:	28 seconds on, 2 seconds off

Coquille River Light is a lighthouse located in Bandon, Oregon, United States. Commissioned in 1896 and designed by Carl Leick, the light guided mariners to find the dangerous bar at the mouth of the Coquille River. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1939, following completion of improvements to the river channel. It is currently maintained by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department as part of Bullards Beach State Park.

[edit] See also

• List of lighthouses on the Oregon Coast
• Steamboats of the Coquille River
• Warrior Rock Light, another light designed by Carl Leick

[edit] References

• Coquille River Lighthouse at lighthousefriends.org

[edit] External links

• Coquille River (Bandon) Light at National Park Service inventory of historic lightstations

• Coquille River Light is at coordinates 43°07′26″N 124°25′27″W / 43.123911, -124.424222 (Coquille River Light)Coordinates: 43°07′26″N 124°25′27″W / 43.123911, -124.424222 (Coquille River Light)

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