Heceta Head Light Beach
by Sharon Elliott
Title
Heceta Head Light Beach
Artist
Sharon Elliott
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
One of the most photographed lighthouses on the West Coast, the Heceta Head Light Station stand on a craggy point about 11 miles north of Florence Oregon.
In the spring of 1894 Heceta Head Light began to shine a light for ships in the ninety miles of treacherous waters between Cape Foulweather and Cape Arago Oregon. Originally the Chief Keeper and his family lived in a house some distance from the tower, and his assistants lived in a second house hearby.
The original light was produced from a five-wick coal-oil lamp which illuminated light through a first-order Fresnel lens. Later, in 1910 the original apparatus was replaced by a gas-type Bunsen burner, which later was replaced by an electric light. Today a 1.1-million-candlepower bulb burns in Heceta Head lantern. The old but highly efficient, lens gathers the light and concentrates it into a narrow beam that can be seen from twenty-one miles away.
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May 16th, 2013
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