Cape Blanco Lighthouse
Port Orford, Oregon

This is our local lighthouse, about five miles up the coast. It is the westernmost in the contiguous United States, has the highest focal plane (256 feet) of any on the Oregon coast and his been in operation since 1870. At night, we can see the beams of light as the second-order Fresnel lens rotates - we see a flash every 18.2 seconds.

Cape Blanco - from the south

The lighthouse

The lightroom - one of (if not the only) lighthouse in which you can get into the lightroom

Entrance

Tower staircase

Tower staircase

Tower staircase

Tower staircase

Ventilation ports between the inner and outer wall

Small 75-rpm motor that rotates the lens

Tower staircase

Tower staircase (looking down)

Second-order Fresnel lens

Second-order Fresnel lens

Second-order Fresnel lens

Second-order Fresnel lens

Second-order Fresnel lens

Second-order Fresnel lens

Two 1000-watt bulbs (one active, one backup)

Bulbs

Bulbs

Bulbs

Bulbs

Bulbs

Maker's mark

Maker's mark

Maker's mark

Maker's mark

The lighthouse at dusk in the fog

"Lighthouse Keeper" in the light room

"Lighthouse Keeper" in the light room

"Lighthouse Keeper" - Mike Hewitt in period uniform of the former US Lighthouse Service

Lighthouse in the dark

The fog allows you to see the six individual beams

The fog allows you to see the individual beams

The fog allows you to see the six individual beams

Lighthouse at night