The Heceta Head Lighthouse, north of Florence on the Central Oregon Coast, has gone dark.  However, it’s by design.  The carriage which houses the first-order Fresnel lens, needs to be replaced.  And, State Parks officials are in no hurry to replace it.  The 132-year old lighthouse is considered by some to be the flagship lighthouse, there are eleven-lighthouses with nine-public & two private, of the Oregon Coast.  It stands 205-feet above the Pacific Ocean and was first lit on March 30, 1894.  A Eugene machinist has been contracted to rebuild the carriage, last replaced 13-years ago, at a cost of $27,000.  While the light is off for now, the ground floor of the lighthouse remains open to visitors.  Mariners have not relied on the Coast’s lighthouse for years as they have been replaced by modern technology including satellite and GPS.