Oakland Harbor Light

Oakland Harbor Light at Embarcadero Cove by U.S. Coast Guard Archive
Location	Embarcadero Cove Oakland California United States
Coordinates	37°46′53″N 122°14′38″W / 37.781335°N 122.243817°W / 37.781335; -122.243817
Tower
Constructed	1890 (first) 1903 (second)
Foundation	concrete pilings (second)
Construction	wooden tower (second)
Automated	1966 (current)
Shape	square on the center of keeper's house (second)
Markings	white tower (second)
Operator	Quinns Lighthouse Restaurant & Pub [2][3][4]
Fog signal	struck every 5s. (bell) blast every 15s. (diaphone)
Light
First lit	1966 (current automated beacon at the end of the pier)
Deactivated	1966 (second) and relocated
Focal height	26 m (85 ft)
Lens	Fifth order Fresnel lens (removed)
Range	14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)[1]
Characteristic	Fl W 5s.

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.