Oakland Harbor Light

Oakland Harbor Light

U.S. Coast Guard Archive
Location	Embarcadero Cove, California
Coordinates	37°46′53″N 122°14′38″W
Tower
Constructed	1890
Foundation	Concrete Pilings
Construction	Wood
Height	ft
Shape	Square
Light
First lit	1890
Deactivated	1966
Focal height	26 m (85 ft)
Lens	Fifth order Fresnel lens (removed)
Range	14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi)
Characteristic	Fixed White

Oakland Harbor Light is a former lighthouse, now a restaurant 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.

External links

• Inventory of Historic Light Stations California Lighthouses
• Oakland Harbor Light
• Quinn's Lighthouse Restaurant