Willamette River Light

Willamette River Light
Willamette River Lighthouse, date unknown
Map
LocationPortland, Oregon, US
Coordinates45°39′02″N 122°45′53″W / 45.65056°N 122.76472°W / 45.65056; -122.76472
Tower
Foundationcluster of wooden pilings
Constructionwood Edit this on Wikidata
Automated1935 Edit this on Wikidata
Height23 ft (7.0 m) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapeoctagon Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1895 Edit this on Wikidata
Deactivated1935 Edit this on Wikidata
Light source20 candlepower oil lantern on small platform attached 1' below N corner of main platform
CharacteristicF R Edit this on Wikidata

The Willamette River Light was a navigational lighthouse at the mouth of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon near Portland, which marked the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. It existed as a lighthouse with keeper from 1895 to 1935,[1] and as an unattended light from 1935 onwards. The original building burned down in 1955.[2] The only visible remains of the station today are broken wooden pilings sticking out of the water near Kelley Point Park.[3]

  1. ^ "Willamette River Light". Rudy and Alice's Lighthouse.net. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  2. ^ "Willamette River Lighthouse and Willamette River Light, Oregon". Lewis & Clark's Columbia River—"200 Years Later". Lyn Topinka + EnglishRiverWebsite. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  3. ^ "Illuminating the Oregon - Lighthouses of the Columbia River". Meandering Through the Prologue.