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Florence, Oregon
All Photos © Tim N. Touchton
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I took this photograph on June 26, 2000 while we were going along the Oregon
coast.
We had left Vancouver, Washington that morning and headed to the Oregon coast
and
went to the Heceta Head Lighthouse, the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse and the Yaquina
Head
Lighthouse on this day. We spent most of our time here at the beach down below.
Since we
were in a hurry to get to the other 2 towers, we didn't go up to the lighthouse.
(Something I
now regret.) Richard was busy playing along the water front and the river
that flows into the
ocean here. There is a very high bridge at this site and then you travel down
a winding road
to the parking area. There were a lot of people here and I didn't have the
time to wait for my
"shot" without people in the photograph. That, plus having to get
to the other towers and find
a place to stay for the night (which is difficult along the coast without
reservations) added to why
we didn't spend more time here. Next time, I'll make the time to stay here
for hours. It is a splendid
place to stay for an extended period of time. Rich tried to jump the river
here and almost made it,
almost. This photograph was taken from the highway, the traditional photograph
of this lighthouse.
The Sea Lion caves are almost in the area where I took this photograph.
Information about the Heceta Head Lighthouse:
Construction of this lighthouse consisted of stones from the Clackamas River
near Oregon City, and
bricks and cement from San Francisco.
This area is named after the 18th Century Portuguese explorer, Don Bruno
de Heceta who explored the
Oregon coast in 1775.The 56 foot tall tower sits on top of a cliff 205 feet
above sea level. It has a First-Order
Fresnel lens and can be seen 21 miles out to sea.
Established: in 1894
Operation: currently in use
Location: 12 miles north of Florence, one mile north of the Sea Lion Caves
Tower height: 65 feet
Lens: First-Order Fresnel
It is the most powerful light on the Oregon coast
Legend has it that the lightkeeper's dwelling is haunted and from the 1890's
to the present,
visitors claim strange things happen within the house.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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