August 6, 2014
Our Breakfast: Eggs at the Black Rock Grill in Lovelock
Our Supper: Burgers and French Dips at the Black Rock Grill in Lovelock
Directions: See map link above.
Por favor, visit our first Airway Beacon Page for more information and some delightful anecdotes.
Brian and Charlotte Smith's outstanding website offer the following information about this particular beacon:
Location / Name
Commonly called Coal Canyon
Also known as Oreana site no. 27
gps: 40.295988, -118.351783
Transcontinental Airway
Route established September 8, 1920
Pilots Log February 21, 1921, Between SLC + 363. Humboldt Lake, NEV. and SLC + 388. Hazen, Nev. segment
U. S. Post Office pilots
Night Airmail
Flights started on July 1, 1924
Contract Air Mail
CAM #18 San Francisco CA-Chicago IL
Route established July 1, 1927
San Francisco-Salt Lake airway
Reno-Elko section
Boeing Air Transport awarded CAM #18 on January 28, 1927
Discontinued
Air Comerce Bulletin Vol 2 No.10 Page 265
This SF-SL airway beacon will be discontinued effective November 30, 1930.
Site No. 27___ 2,000,000 candlepower beacon light in operation in the vicinity of Oreana, and two red course lights flashing characteristic No. 7
Very easy to get to. Didn't spot any sort of beacon-related debris here at all, probably because it's so accessible.