Visualize bringing all the materials to build a lighthouse by ship and moving them onto the beach with lighters. The lighthouse
tender carried small boats to land supplies for the keepers. Why were these materials not hauled overland? There were no trucks
in 1873. Either horses pulling wagons or cars on rails would have transported everything.
Is tramway a new word to you? It’s like a miniature railroad, but it goes up the cliff at a steep angle.
Do you know how a radio beacon works? Radio was first available in lighthouses in the 1920s, installed by the Navy. Why
would the Navy provide a service like this to the Lighthouse Bureau?
Lighthouse Maps
Thirteenth Lighthouse District
Can you locate Yaquina Head (Cape Foulweather) Lighthouse on this map?
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Source: 1881 Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board
This Reader's Guide is intended to be used with Lighthouses Short and Tall, a book for readers 11 and up written by Mary Louise and Candace Clifford. It is available from the publisher,
Cypress Communications, by using their book order form.
