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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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The position of the tower, by the United States Coast Survey Pilot, is: Latitude 44 degrees 36 minutes 35 seconds north, Longitude 124 degrees 04 minutes west from Greenwich.
The following are the magnetic bearings and distances from the light to the most prominent objects in the vicinity, which are likely to catch the eyes or attract the attention of the mariner:
Cape Perpetua, South 20 degrees east, distant 26 miles. Celilike Head, South 17 1/2 degrees east, distant 8 miles.
In approaching Yaquina entrance, mariners should observe the following directions, viz: Yaquina Point (or Cape Foulweather) bearing north 34 degrees west, limits the visibility of the light in that direction.
The angle of visibility over the water is 238 degrees. The magnetic bearings, within which the light will be visible from a vessel, are from N.N.W. by southerly to S. by E.
A dangerous reef lies off the mouth of the harbor. Vessels passing should not have less than 12 fathoms water.
By order of the Light-House Board:
Treasury Department Office Light House Board Washington, D.C. September 1871
W.B. Shubrick, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy Chairman
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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