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Lighthouse History
Built: 1895 Type: Two story octagonal dwelling on a rectangular cluster of piles Height: Status: Non Active Location: Mouth of the Willamette River on the Columbia River Lens: Fixed red lens lantern light Deactivated: 1950's Destroyed by fire Signal: Bell (1 stroke every 10s) Keepers: Notes: After the Civil War,
the government began improving navigational aids on the Clumbia river.
In 1868 there were eleven unlighted river buoys. In the 1870's, dredging
along the river increased the need for navigational aids. By 1892 there
were thirty-eight minor lights along the river.
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