He ceased turning the lens, trimmed the lamp wicks and worked to maintain a steady light through the night. The next morning, Brooks left the lighthouse to find Bolivar Point nearly swept away by the ...

The unique history of the Crooked River Lighthouse’s lens in Carrabelle, Florida. The Crooked River Lighthouse’s Executive Director, Steve Allen, shares with us the unique qualities of the ...

Making a traditional glass lens requires a lot of experience, skill, and patience grinding a piece of glass to the required shape, and is not for the casual experimenter. Making a glass Fresnel len… ...

PORT TOWNSEND — The United States Lighthouse Society will host an event Saturday to celebrate the restoration of Point Wilson’s historic 1879 Fresnel lens. The light from the Fresnel lens is replacing ...

The Fresnel lens is a rare glass structure that lit the lighthouse from 1905 to 1975. Its return is nearly a decade in the making.

Actually, many of the concepts associated with Fresnel’s first lenses were already in use. But what you’ll find at the top of the Cana Island tower, and has been employed in Door County’s ...

Lego’s new motorized lighthouse has a working fresnel lens The popular French lens design was originally created for lighthouses by Sean Hollister Aug 18, 2022, 12:21 PM PDT ...

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 ...