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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, Cannon Beach, OR : Reviews of Tillamook Rock Lighthouse - Yahoo! Travel
This lighthouse, nicknamed "Terrible Tilly," was built in 1880 on Tillamook Rock. Although no longer in commission, it guided ships past the rocky shore for 77 year...
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Terrible Tilly, Tillamook Rock Lighthouse: Oregon Coast Virtual Tour, Cannon Beach (Ecola State Park/Tillamook Head Lighthouse)
Construction of the lighthouse was terrifying. Crews had to endure insane tidal and wind conditions as the waves slammed against the relatively small area. It's rumored construction workers housed in Seaside, waiting to start work, were sequestered from the rest of the population so they wouldn't he...
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LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER PROGRAM/TILLAMOOK ROCK LIGHT!!!!
THE TILLAMOOK ROCK LIGHTHOUSE WAS PURCHASED IN 1980 AND TURNED INTO A CEMETERY/COLUMBARIUM AT SEA TO CREATE THE FUNDS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INSURING THIS HISTORIC LI...
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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, Oregon
Through the years, the Rock was assaulted by violent storms with damaging winds and huge waves. More than once storms proved to be too much, flooding the tower with a torrent of water with debris large enough to smash the windows of the lantern room over 130 feet above sea level. In 1934, one of the...
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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
In 1945, James Gibbs arrived at Tillamook Rock and served as keeper for a year. In his excellent book "Tillamook Rock" he described his experiences aboard the station. He describes being hoisted onto the rock by derrick and breeches buoy. "I ascended from the depths like a hooked fish...
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Welcome to the VanBuren Lighthouse Inn
Lighthouse fanatics will love the history and mystic of the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse. Built in 1880, on Tillamook Rock Island, the lighthouse was in operation for 77 years to guide ships entering the Columbia River. The lighthouse sits approximately one mile off shore and is visible from the beach....
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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, Oregon at Lighthousefriends.com
Farewell, Tillamook Rock Light Station. An era has ended. With this final entry, and not without sentiment, I return thee to the elements. You, one of the most notorious and yet fascinating of the sea-swept sentinels in the world; long the friend of the tempest-tossed mariner. Through howling gale, ...
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in 1880 and faithfully served the maritime industry for 77 years. Perhaps the best description of the lighthouse comes from a report in 1894: Rising from the ever-restless bosom of the Pacific Ocean and towering aloft to the height of about 100' stands Tillamook Rock on the summit of which are locat...
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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse off of Cannon Beach Oregon pictures from oregon photos on webshots
This is the only lighthouse in Oregon that is built OFF of the coast. On a rock, it was a very treacherous light to maintain. Now it's used to store the ashes of people in their et...
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Cannon Beach: Tillamook Rock Lighthouse - TripAdvisor
One mile west of Tillamook Head, Lighthouse Rock rises from the ocean. The lighthouse, established in 1881, is one of the most exposed lighthouse structures in the world. Because of the high cost and difficulty of maintenance, it was decommissioned in 1957. Today, Tillamook Rock Lighthouse ...
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The Tillamook Lighthouse (Terrible Tilly), Tillamook, Oregon
Twenty miles south of the entrance to the Columbia River, Tillamook Head towers above the often restless waters of the wide Pacific. Generations of approaching mariners have guided on its lofty profile to reach a safe haven. In 1878, Congress decided to erect a lighted beacon atop the 1,000-foot pro...
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