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Notice to Mariners (No. 90.) United States of America - Pacific Coast
Notice is hereby given, that a light will be exhibited on the evening of October 1, 1871, and on every evening thereafter, from sunset to sunrise, from a recently erected low square wooden tower, rising from the keeper's dwelling (painted white) on the north front of the entrance to Yaquina Bay, Oregon.
The structure stands 120 feet above the mean sea level, and the light 40 feet from the base of the tower, giving a focal plane of 160 feet above mean sea level.
The light will be a fixed white (underlined) light, of the 5th order of Fresnel, illuminating an arc of 240 degrees of the horizon.
The dwelling and tower are painted white (underlined). The dome of the lantern and gallery balusters are painted red (underlined).
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Notice to Mariners No. 34, of 1873
United States of America - Pacific Coast - Oregon
Fixed White Light at Cape Foulweather, (Yaquina Head)
Notice is hereby given that, on and after the evening of August 20, 1873, a fixed white light will be shown from the tower recently erected on Cape Foulweather, (Yaquina Head,) Oregon.
The focal plane is at a height of 81 feet above the ground and 150 feet above sea level. In clear weather, the eye being 15 feet above sea level, the light should be seen at a distance of 18 1/2 nautical miles.
The illuminating apparatus is a lens of the 1st order, fixed, illuminating 240 degrees of the horizon.
The tower is of brick, painted white, and the lantern is painted black.
The keeper's dwelling, a two story frame building east of the tower, is painted white.
The approximate position of the light-house is as follows:
Latitude 44 degrees 43' 30" North Longitude 124 degrees 5' West
From the light-house, Cape Disappointment (Hancock) light-house bears N. by W. 3/4 W. 94 nautical miles; Yaquina (Harbor) light-house bears S.E. by S. 1/4 S. 3 1/4 nautical miles; Cape Perpetua bears S. by E. 3/4 E. 24 nautical miles; Cape Arago (Gregory) light-house bears S. by E. 84 nautical miles.
By order of the Light-House Board:
Joseph Henry, Chairman
Treasury Department Office Light-House board, Washington, D.C., July 25, 1873
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Notice to Mariners No. 26 of 1874
United States of America - Pacific Coast, Oregon
Discontinuance of Yaquina Bay Light
Notice is hereby given that the light at Yaquina Bay, Oregon, will be discontinued on and after the 1st day of October, 1874.
By Order of the Light-House Board:
Joseph Henry, Chairman.
Treasury Department, Office Light-House Board, Washington, D.C., July 3, 1874
Box 258 Ewad 1902, Booth 1903
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June 10, 1901
M.M.B.
4 June, 1901
1053.
1 Inclosure.
Commander W. P. Day, U. S. N.,
Inspector 13th L. H. District,
Sir:
Inclosed the Board sends you a copy of a letter from Mr. John Anderson of Toledo, Oregon, asking permission to land his fish boat at a convenient place inside of the light-house reservation at Yaquina Head, Oreg.
The Board requests you to confer with the Engineer of the 13th Light-House District, and with him make a joint report and recommendation in the matter.
Respectfully, (illegible) Captain, U. S. N.,
Naval Secretary.
Box 255 CF to YH 1896, YB 1894 1895
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(All communication should be addressed to "THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD.") 4 Inclosures. Treasury Department, Office of the Light-House Board, Washington D.C., Nov. 23, 1894.
Commander O.W. Farenholt, U.S.N., Inspector, 13th Light House District, Portland, Oregon,
Sir: Referring to your letter of the 17th November, 1894, the Board has to say that your recommendations are approved and that you are authorized to pay Mr. J. McCullum of Newport, Oregon, $100.00 for the recovery and delivery on the Government wharf at Newport, Oregon, of the Yaquina Bay whistling buoy which went adrift and lodged among the rocks north of the Cape Foulweather Light Station, and which can not be recovered by the tender. The authority to pay the above amount for the recovery of the buoy is conditional upon its delivery at Newport, Oregon, in fair condition. The bids forwarded with your letter are returned herewith. Respectfully, Geo. F.F. Wilde Commander, U.S.N., Naval Secretary.