Facelift planned for Yaquina Head Lighthouse
By Joel Gallob Of the News-Times, March 23, 2005
The lighthouse at Yaquina Head will receive a paint job this coming summer to return the structure to its original colors, Joe Ashor, manager of the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, told the Newport City Council this week.
The structure has gone through color changes in the past he noted, and the intent now is to return it to its original historical colors. The 132-year old lighthouse and associated oil-house will go from their present red, white and green to black, white and gray.
The Frenel lens inside the top of the lighthouse will not be replaced, but will be refurbished, he said, "for the first time in 132 years, "and then we'll put it back in as a Coast Guard-managed aid to navigation."
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