North Head Light

North Head Light
North Head Light
North Head Light WA.jpg
Location Ilwaco, Washington
Coordinates 46°17′56″N 124°04′41″W / 46.2989°N 124.0781°W / 46.2989; -124.0781Coordinates: 46°17′56″N 124°04′41″W / 46.2989°N 124.0781°W / 46.2989; -124.0781
Year first lit 1898
Automated 1961
Foundation Surface
Tower shape Conical
Height 65 ft (20 m)
Original lens First order Fresnel lens

North Head Lighthouse in Ilwaco, Washington which lies near the mouth of the Columbia River, approximately two miles north of Cape Disappointment.

History

The Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, installed in 1856, was obscured to ships approaching from the north by the headland extending southwest from the light. To correct this, a lighthouse was built at North Head, which faces the ocean directly and would be clearly visible to ships traveling from the north. The 65-foot (20 m) tower stood on a 130-foot (40 m) cliff. The lens was the first-order lens from Cape Disappointment, and was first lit in 1898. In 1935, the first-order lens was replaced by a fourth-order lens. That lens was eventually replaced by an aerobeacon in the 1950s, and later by a modern optic mounted outside the tower. The light was automated in 1961. (Nelson p. 112) Today the lighthouse is part of Cape Disappointment State Park.



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