When we pulled into the parking lot of the light house this great view, of the trees and sand dunes greeted us, just yelled out shoot me, so I did.
The Umpqua River Lighthouse towers above Winchester Bay. The 65-foot tower contains a distinctive lens which emits a red and white flash, visible 21 miles out to sea. The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The light house is still operational today.
This is a Coast Guard rescue boat, it could accomadate up to 18 peole in bow, it could right itself in less than 30 seconds, newer boats hold more people and have a better up-right time.
While waiting for our tour I took the time to roam the Coastal Museum, to learn about the light house and the Coast Guard while Jo motor-mouthed with the campworkers/people who work their during the summer maintaining the place and tickets sales, etc.
Sorry I forgot what this item was, getting a little slow on the memory I guess.
This dipects some of the history surrounding the lighthouse
Great model of an older sailing ship.
Jo begins her hike up the stairs, she lost count of the number of steps up to the top butshe says was definately more than 60 (she and a young boy were counting but age has its problems and she forgot what the final number was).
Looking down from the top, it is a spiral staircase, so it was hard to show it. One interesting thing about the staircase is that it is 6-inches from the wall, we were told the reason, but I forgot (woops senior moment) SORRY.
Lit in December 1894, the lighthouse's Fresnel lens features 616 handcut prisms from the firm Barbier & Cie in Paris, France. It does make for an artsy photo, don't you think?
This clock wise mechanism was restored in 1985.
Here we see how the light can flash red and white.
Had to look up into the wild blue yonder - hope you enjoyed the lighthouse.
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