Brighton is an unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 community in Tillamook County

Tillamook County, Oregon

Tillamook County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The county is named for the Tillamook, a Native American tribe who were living in the area in the early 19th century at the time of European American settlement. In 2010, the county's population was 25,250...

, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States. It is located about three miles southwest of Wheeler

Wheeler, Oregon

Wheeler is a city in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. The population was 391 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...

 on U.S. Route 101

U.S. Route 101 in Oregon

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 next to Nehalem Bay

Nehalem Bay

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, across the bay from Nehalem Bay State Park

Nehalem Bay State Park

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.

A town was plat

Plat

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ted at this locale in 1910 and named Brighton Beach, although it is not directly on the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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. It was named for the seaside resort of Brighton

Brighton

Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

, England

England

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 and it was hoped the place would become a popular vacation spot. Brighton post office was established in 1912 and closed in 1957. Brighton Beach was also the name of the Southern Pacific Railroad station on the Tillamook Branch. Today the line is owned by the Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad

Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad

The Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad is a shortline railroad in northwestern Oregon, United States. Purchased from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company in 1990 by the Port of Tillamook Bay, the railroad was used to transport lumber and agricultural products over the Coast Range between the...

 (POTB). The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, a non-profit museum group, operates a heritage railroad in conjunction with the POTB that runs dinner train

Dinner train

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s from Garibaldi

Garibaldi, Oregon

Garibaldi is a city in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. The population was 895 in 2007 according to Portland State University.-History:...

 to Wheeler that pass through Brighton.

In the early 20th century, Brighton was the home of the Brighton Mills Company, which ran a sawmill

Sawmill

A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards.-Sawmill process:A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of hundreds of years ago; a log enters on one end and dimensional lumber exits on the other end....

 and planing mill

Planing mill

A planing mill is a facility that takes cut and seasoned boards from a sawmill and turns them into finished dimensional lumber. Machines used in the mill include the planer and matcher, the molding machines, and varieties of saws...

. The company was founded in 1911 by the Watt brothers of Bay City

Bay City, Oregon

Bay City is a city in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,286 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....

. The mill closed in 1926, however, during World War I

World War I

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, it was credited with producing more spruce lumber for aircraft than any other mill in the country.

External links

• Historic images and history of Brighton Beach
• Historic postcard image of Brighton Mills Company office
• Historic postcard image of Brighton Sawmill

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