Oakland Harbor Light is a former
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
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, 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
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay A ...
, 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.
See also
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List of lighthouses in the United States
References
External links
United States Coast Guard
Quinn's Lighthouse Restaurant
Lighthouses in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay
Buildings and structures in Oakland, California
Lighthouses completed in 1890
1890 establishments in California
19th century in Oakland, California
Lighthouses completed in 1903
Transportation buildings and structures in Alameda County, California
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