A lens manufactured in France in 1902 is shining high atop Montauk Point Lighthouse once again. Earlier this month the U.S. Coast Guard relit the clamshell-shaped Fresnel lens, which guided mariners ...
GRAND MARAIS, MI – The iconic Fresnel lens is finally visible at this lighthouse in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, officials announced. After years behind curtains, the 3rd order Fresnel lens atop the Au ...
A lens made in 1902 has been returned to the lantern room atop the lighthouse, which was commissioned by George Washington. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Monday. Today we’ll find out why a ...
In 1896, a journalist for the San Francisco Call reported that keepers at California’s Pigeon Point Lighthouse were perplexed. Visitors often made repeat visits up the tower’s spiral staircase to view ...
Long before GPS, lighthouses had been guiding sailors home for centuries. Their rotating lights use certain patterns to help ...
Almost 90 years after it was first installed in the historic Point Cabrillo Lighthouse, the 1937 motor that has long helped guide mariners through the night along the Mendocino Coast is back in ...
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