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Name: Desdemona Sands Light  

Nearest Town or City:
Astoria, Oregon, United States

Location: West end of a shoal near the mouth of the Columbia River.


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Photo: Courtesy of Michel Forand

Notes:
This lighthouse was dismantled sometime after 1945.

Height of Focal Plane: 48

Characteristic and Range: Fixed white, visible for 12 nautical miles.

Description of Tower: Two-story, octagonal dwelling on a cluster of piles.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1902

Date Deactivated: 1934

Fog Signal: Daboll trumpet, 2 blasts of 2s each every 30s

Current Use: Destroyed.

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