How about some shots of Fresnel lenses, either in the tower or out? Can be daytime or night shot. State the order lens (1st, 2nd, etc.), type if you know (clamshell, etc.), and what lighthouse it's in or from.

1st order lens in Cape Meares, Oregon.

Umpqua River Light, OR... First Order Lens w/red panels 1894

Point Arena, CA... First Order Lens with my lovely wife Sue!!

I just saw this lens in November. It's a beauty!

Makapuu Point, HI...original hyper-radient lens. It is the largest lens in any US lighthouse.

Point Conception CA very dusty First Order

Here's the 1st order lens from Gay Head on Martha's Vineyard. Removed in 1952 it's housed in a replica lantern room on the grounds of the Martha's Vineyard Historical Society Museum in Edgartown.

All of this lenses are English rather than French made.

On display at the Narooma Museum, Australia

Isle Royale National Park... Second Order Fresnel lens from the Rock of Ages Lighthouse





Looking up inside the Lens...

Just have to tell you all, these are pretty fantastic pictures!! Wish I had some to post.

For anyone that has been to Ponce Inlet, FL... this picture is taken inside the lens room building by the lighthouse.

First Order Lens from Hog Island, now displayed in this very nifty lantern room like display, on the riverwalk just a few blocks from our hotel in Portsmouth. The pictures really don't do it justice, but it is a wonderful display.

Whitefish Point, MI Second Order Lens from White Shoals on display at the museum..

Thanks for the clamshell from White Shoal, Paul. I have some film shots of it somewhere, buried in a tote. I was hoping someone would post it.

Block Island Southeast Lighthouse, RI First Order Fresnel (originally from Cape Lookout Lighthouse, NC)




This is from our trip to the island before the Baltimore Reunion, the lanternroom is in better shape now....

This picture was taken leaning over rails looking up at the lantern room at St. Simons lighthouse. I believe this is a third order lens.

This first photo is the 4th Order Fresnel that came from Thimble Shoals. It's now on display at the NATON museum at the Coast Guard station in Yorktown, VA.
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This is the restored Henry Lepaute 1st Order Fresnel lens from the the 1854 Hatteras Lighthouse and is now on display at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

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This last one is a 2nd Order Bi-Valve which came from the Dry Tortuges Light in Florida. It's also now on display at the NATON museum in Yorktown.
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Judy

Those are some truly wonderful photos. It's nice to see that efforts are continually performed to protect these treasures from lighthouse history.

Bob

Old Michigan City, IN 5th Order Fresnel...

Yaquina Head Lighthouse, OR First Order Lens..

St. Augustine, FL...1st order Fresnel lens.

Split Rock Lighthouse, MN Third Order Lens..

Whitefish Point Keepers House, MI this Fourth Order Lens is on display there..

Sand Point Lighthouse Escanaba, MI Fourth Order Fresnel..

Point Cabrillo, California, 3rd order lens.



Little Sable Lighthouse, Michigan, 3rd order lens.



Mulkiteo, Washington, 4th order lens.

Cape May 1st Order on display Cape May County Museum


Navesink 1st Order Clam Shell


4th Order on display at Sea Girt


Brandywine 3rd Order on display at Tuckerton


Lens on display at Hooper Strait

Lowestoft Lighthouse is the last place I got "up close and personal" with a beautiful lens:




I stood for ages (with my old slow camera) to catch the flash of the 4th Order, 250Mm Catadioptric ...

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