Pigeon Point Lighthouse

by Paul LeSage

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Pigeon Point Lighthouse

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Paul LeSage

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Photograph - Photography

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As you drive along the famous scenic Highway 1 on the Pacific Coast, the Pigeon Point Lighthouse creates a picture post card vision.

Perched on a cliff on the central California coast, 50 miles south of San Francisco, the 115-foot Pigeon Point Lighthouse, one of the tallest lighthouses in America, has been guiding mariners since 1872.

Its five-wick lard oil lamp, and first-order Fresnel lens, comprised of 1,008 prisms, was first lit at sunset, November 15, 1872. The lens stands 16 feet tall, 6 feet in diameter, and weighs 2,000 pounds. Although the original Fresnel lens is no longer in use, the lighthouse is still an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation using a Vega Marine Rotating Beacon.

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January 31st, 2016

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