- Oakland Harbor Light
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Coordinates: 37°46′52.69″N 122°14′37.65″W / 37.7813028°N 122.2437917°W
Oakland Harbor Light 
U.S. Coast Guard Archive Location Embarcadero Cove, California Year first constructed 1890 Year first lit 1890 Deactivated 1966 Foundation Concrete Pilings Construction Wood Tower shape Square Height ft Original lens Fifth order Fresnel lens (removed) Characteristic Fixed White ARLHS number USA-560 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
Categories:- Lighthouses in the San Francisco Bay Area
- San Francisco Bay
- Buildings and structures in Oakland, California
- United States lighthouse stubs
- California building and structure stubs
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