9/20/12 - "Fire Island Lighthouse 1858 Fresnel Lens"








"Fire Island Lighthouse 1858 Fresnel Lens"
Fine Art Prints and Framing
Art Gifts




One of few remaining first order Fresnel lenses, this artifact is on loan from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to the National Park Service. Its Recovery Act-funded restoration was by accomplished by a team of former USCG lampists. 

It is displayed in the new specially-designed Fresnel Lens Building donated to the Fire Island National Seashore from the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society on July 22, 2011, and now open to the public.





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Canon EOS 5D
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F/4.0
50 mm
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Aug 12, 2012, 10:55:21 AM
Adobe Photoshop CS Windows

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