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Oakland Harbor Light

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Oakland Harbor Light
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LocationEmbarcadero Cove, California
Coordinates37°46′53″N 122°14′38″W / 37.7813°N 122.244°W / 37.7813; -122.244
Tower
Constructed1903
FoundationConcrete Pilings
ConstructionWood
Heightft
ShapeSquare
Light
First lit1903
Deactivated1966
Focal height26 m (85 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
LensFifth order Fresnel lens (removed)
Range14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFixed White

Oakland Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Embarcadero Cove, California.

History

The original tower was built in 1890 at the entrance of Oakland Harbor. The wooden pilings on which the structure sat had deteriorated by 1902, and a larger replacement lighthouse was constructed on concrete pilings nearby, which began operation in 1903. The original structure was then sold and removed. In 1966, the lighthouse was replaced by an automated beacon and deactivated. It was eventually sold to a private party and relocated to Embarcadero Cove in Oakland, where it opened in 1984 as Quinn’s Lighthouse Restaurant. The lantern room was removed after deactivation in 1966, and was transferred to Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse in Santa Cruz, California, where it continued to deteriorate and was replaced in 1996.