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| The Point Vicente light is one of the newest,
built in 1926 on Los Angeles' Palos Verdes
peninsula. It may look familiar, since it has been
featured in dozens of movies and television |
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1, 1870, the first light at Point Arena was
established. It is one of the three classic seacoast
tower lighthouses in California. (The other two are
Pigeon Point and Piedras Blancas.) It was built on
the first prominent point north of Point Reyes. The
lighthouse sits on the plateau that rises fifty feet
above the water below. In November of 1855, ten
ships sank in the waters around Point Arena.
Construction began in 1869. It was built with bricks
that were baked in kilns at Point Arena along with
an addition 114,000 shiped from San Francisco. |
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The coast of California remained dark until the
1850's when the first lighthouse contracts were
awarded. The Point Pinos light was first lit,
February 1, 1855. It is the oldest continuously
operated lighthouse on the west coast.
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| The Cape Meares Lighthouse was constructed in
1890, just south of Tillamook Bay. The stubby,
octagonal tower is only 38 feet tall, but sits on
the edge of a towering 200 ft. cliff above the
ocean. |
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| Cape Blanco is the southernmost of Oregon's
lights. It is also the oldest original tower in
Oregon. The light was proposed in 1864, and a
first-order lens was ordered from Henri LaPaute, of
Paris. The light was finally lit for the first time
on December 20, 1870. |
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