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Notice to Mariners
(no. )

United States of America
Northwest Coast of
Oregon.
Light-House at Cape
Foulweather (Yaquina
Head).

Notice is hereby given
that a Light-House has
been erected ???
Cape Foulweather.
(Yaquina Head) Oregon,
and the lights will
be erected on the
night of the 1st of
March 1873, and every
night after from
sunset to sunrise.
The focal plane is 81
feet above the ground,
and 150 feet above
sea level. The lights
can be seen in clear
weather from the
deck of a vessel, 15
feet above the sea, at
a distance of eighteen
and a half nautical
miles.
The lens is dioptic
of the 1st order Fresnel,
illuminating of the
horizon 240 degrees
and will show a fixed
white light.
The tower is of brick,
painted white, and the
lantern is painted
black.
The Keepers' Dwelling,
a two-story frame
building, east of the
tower is painted white.
Latitude 44 degrees
40 North.
Longitude 124 degrees
04 West.

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