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Bandon, Oregon
All Photos © Tim N. Touchton
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I took these photographs on June 27, 2000 while in Bandon, Oregon. This is
such a little tiny lighthhouse
that it's cute because of it. My son and I were on a west coast trip visiting
lighthouses, the Oregon dunes,
the Redwood Forests, Mount St. Helens, Carlsbad Caverns, the Mojave Desert,
the Golden Gate Bridge,
Alcatraz, Roswell, the Grand Canyon, the Alamo, the Pacific Ocean, and my
older two sons band xbxrx
while they were on their west coast tour in June/July of 2000. I'll have photographs
of all these places on this
site under the landscapes and nature section.
I took the middle photograph from behind a large dead tree on the beach by
the lighthouse. The last
photograph was taken from the road across the river from the lighthouse in
the little town of Bandon.
The beach by the lightouse was full of large driftwood and Rich was busy making
the common large
huts that you see all over the beaches in this area. You are not allowed to
take any wood or rocks from
the beach area here and it is very windy along the shore too. The lower level
of the lighthouse is a museum
with some really cool older photographs of the area and of the lighthouse.
We arrived just too late for the last
tour of the day, however we did get to go into the museum. (Notice the door
is open in the first photograph.)
The Coquille River lighthouse only has 40 steps to reach the top of the lighthouse
tower to the lantern room.
I had to wait for a long time between photographs because of all the people
hanging around in the "scene".
The little town of Bandon is an interesting town with a definate small town
appeal. The sounds of the trains, the
smell of the waterfront along with the westerly breeze off the water is very
nice.
Some information about the Coquille River Lighthouse:
Lighthouse established: in 1896
Lighthouse deactivated: in 1939
Open to public most days until 4:00
Last tour time at 3:30
Originally built in 1896, the Coquille River Lighthouse is located at the
mouth of the Coquille river. It marks a very
dangerous sand bar at the entrance of the river. The lumber business was growing
in the early 1900's and
ships came to Bandon for the lumber. Even with the presence of the lighthouse,
the bar was so treacherous that many
schooners still sank. In 1904 the Onward Westward Home sank, in 1905 the Del
Norte went down, in 1915 the Randolph
sank, in 1935 the E.L. Smith went down, in 1936 the Golden West also sank
due to the dangerous sand bar. The lighthouse
tower height is 40 feet tall, made of brick and covered with an outer layer
of stucco. The Fourth-Order Fresnel lens
burned for over 43 years until the Coast Guard deactivated the lighthouse
in 1939. It was neglected for the next 50
years and has recently been restored as a main attraction in Bullards Beach
State Park. The park is located off
Highway 101 near Bandon. You can also get a nice view of the lighthouse from
across the river in Bandon.
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