tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669494056241585472024-02-06T19:39:04.586-08:00California's Majestic Lighthouse'sWelcome to my blog. my goal is to document my adventures of visiting 48 lighthouses that once served California. I will attempt to give a brief experience of my journey, a little history of the lighthouse, and a medley of Photographs. The work presented is my interpretation of the day.
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Photos are available for purchase email:sean@ocairdestudio.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-27644273427001782812012-02-08T21:22:00.000-08:002012-02-08T21:22:52.839-08:00ThunderBird<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was my second attempt in getting
to this Lighthouse structure on the lake. Technically, </span><i><a href="http://thunderbirdtahoe.org/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thunderbird</span></a></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> might not be considered a lighthouse, as it was owned by a
private individual and used for his personal needs. Yet, I selected it because
of its location and history of its owner. The owner juxtaposition with regular
light keepers, he was fabulously wealthy, while they depended on the Light board for
their meager existence, he was surrounded by opulence, they were surrounded by
supplies issued by the government, He was close to civilization, they mostly
lived in hard to get rural areas, He did not have to face ravages of nature, they had
to make it part of their lifestyle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The first time to visit was in
winter and I failed to researched my location properly. I headed off from the
Bay area to Tahoe to photograph both Sugar Pines and Thunderbird. You can head
on over to the </span><a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2009/09/sugar-pine.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sugar pines link</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
and you will have a record of my journey and adventure for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that day. I headed for Kings City to meet
Anne, after a nice lunch with my wife's niece Anne, she is a sweet person, I
always love to visit her and her family. When I arrived at Kings City, I
punched the address of Thunderbird lodge <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>into my gps, and to my chagrin I wondered up
and down the Highway 28 until I found a narrow entrance to the lodge. Only to
find that it closed to the public, a sign was posted near the gate, visits to
the lodged had to be booked. The Lodge is located between Highway 431 and
Highway 50, closer to 50.That was the kernel of my first visit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My next opportunity came in the
Summer of 2011, I went with my wife for a weekend in Tahoe. We stayed at the
embassy Suites hotel, our time was a wonderful and enjoyable experience. If
anyone ever paid a visit to the Tahoe area knows how beautiful it is. I could
create a photo book on the sites in the area. I love traveling with my wife,
she will talk to anyone. We were at manager’s happy hour in the lounge of the
Embassy suites and noticed a lot of senior couples enjoying themselves. At the
table next to ours was an elderly Jewish couple, my wife caught their eye and
they introduced themselves ,they extricated themselves from their quarters and
planted themselves at our table. My wife’s eyes lit up as she engaged them in
conversation. It did not take long and she was telling them about the Messiah
Jesus, it's amazing she loves Jesus so intensely that she has to share Him with
everyone she meets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Later on that evening we had dinner
not too far from the hotel, another couple from <i>New York </i>was sitting a short
distance from us. The husband appeared to have a glass or two too many. He was
in a jovial mood. Again my wife engaged them in conversation, she spoke primarily
to the husband, who reminded me of my father, he was one to party and make
himself friendly to any pretty lady who sat near him. I engaged his wife in
conversation, two different kinds of conversation, one about the Grace of God
through <i>Christ </i>and another about the tea party movement. It was strange to hear
people to make false judgments on both arguments. Judging God on the actions of
men, and judging the tea party on the statements made by the media. The woman
maintained that no-one would go to hell as all men are inherently good, yet she
judged Christians as not good people. I asked her about <i>Hitler</i>, <i>Mussolini</i>, <i>Mao</i>,
<i>Stalin</i>, serial killers, rapists, child molesters, murders, etc, etc.. I also
said that men would be judged according to their own works and that no one
would be justified. She argued that they were not really bad, just led astray.
We finished that night as friends, no hard feelings as we left. <i>Jean </i>and I
headed back to the hotel and they were set for a night of gambling in the
casinos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I made my booking for the <i>Lake Tahoe
boat </i>and the <i>Thunderbird Lodge</i>. The boat was on Sunday and the Lodge was for a
Monday. Sunday was a good day, the Sun was high in the sky and the sky a deep
blue. The boat headed out across the lake, and I drank in the beauty of the
surrounding mountains, the tree that lined the shore, and the skyline that
sharply separated the grey mountain from the blue sky. I knew from what I saw
God lives, He is the eternal artist. We spent the day on the lake and later that night had dinner looking
at the sunset.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Monday came and <i>Jean </i>dropped me at
the center to take the bus to the lodge. The bus was full, our driver was a
lady from Australia, she was charming and filled us on some of the History of
the lodge. Our tour started in the room that housed the faux lighthouse. We
spent time visiting every room in the lodge, we traveled through the
underground passageways,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>stopped at the
hanger that housed the <i>Thunderbird </i>boat, finally we made our way outside and
back to the main lodge from the outside path ways. I took lots of pictures and
nearly missed the real lighthouse, a small structure sitting by itself on the
Shore, Not too far from it was the American flag, where would a lighthouse be
if there was no flag. It was small, no spiral stairs, no Fresnel lens, no water
towers, no oil sheds, no large lantern room. They boasted that it was the
highest lighthouse in America, I reminded them of </span><i><a href="http://www.lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2009/06/rubicon-point.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rubicon</span></a></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and </span><i><a href="http://www.lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2009/09/sugar-pine.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sugar Pines</span></a></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
It was trip I thoroughly enjoyed and most likely will be back again for another
journey into one of the most beautiful places in this world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">History</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some would not consider this a
traditional lighthouse, due to its location and endurance of time, I have
decided to add it to my collection lighthouses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1828, Hugh Whittell the grandfather
of George immigrated to America from Ireland</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1849, Hugh came west on a steamer
during the gold rush period, made his fortune grub-staking miners and investing
in California real estate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1879, George Whittell, Sr., marries
Anna Luning, daughter of Nicholas Luning wealthy Banker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1881, September 28, George Whittell,
Jr. (Captain), was born in San Francisco, He owned 100,000 aces of the Nevada
Shoreline at Lake Tahoe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1890, Anna’s father dies the Luning
and Whittell fortunes unite</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1919 George marries his french nurse
Elia Pascal </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1922, George's father died, he
inherits his father's fortune.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1936, George Whittle Starts to build
Thunderbird Lodge, and the beacon was erected on the cove, one of the tallest
lighthouses in the world</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1939, Thunderbird Lodge is
completed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1940, Whittell takes delivery of the
yacht <i>Thunderbird</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1969 April 18, George Whittle Dies,
a book about </span><a href="http://thunderbirdlodge.org/shoppingcart/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?&pg=cat&ref=books_dvds"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Castle in the Sky"</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, courtesy of Ronald and Susan James. Jack Dreyfus, buys the
lodge and 10,000 acres</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1985, Dreyfus Adds to the Lodge, an
entertainment building, and a 2 story wing over the garage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1998, Del Webb Corporation purchased
the Whittell Estate</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1999,<span style="color: #08275b;"> BLM
exchanged the land in Clark County to Del Webb for the Lodge property for an
amount of $40 million.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2000 <span style="color: #08275b;">November</span>,<span style="color: #08275b;"> Thunderbird Lodge was added to the National Register of
Historic Places.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Reference</span></b></span></div>
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Thunderbird Cove Beacon Lighthouse at the Thunderbird Lodge.<br />
The lighthouse stands upon rocks in the water in front of the historic East
Shore property.<br />
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Bill Watson, manager and curator of the Thunderbird Lodge, said winter storms
in January and February delivered significant damage to the beacon’s rock
foundation.<br />
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“Due to wave and wind action during those storms ,the beacon’s foundation took
exceptional damage,” Watson said.<br />
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The structure was among the first built on the George Whittell property, either
in 1936 or 1937, Watson said.<br />
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According to Lighthouse Digest, the beacon and its sister lighthouse, which
also sits in the waters adjacent to the property, are the two highest
lighthouses in North America given Tahoe’s elevation at more than 6,225 feet
above sea level.<br />
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Watson verified that fact and said the beacon used to hold a variety of colored
lights and the Whittell’s alarm system.<br />
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Without repairs Watson said the beacon is in danger of crumbling into Lake
Tahoe.<br />
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Based on preliminary estimates, Watson said, repairs to the battered 71 or 72
year-old beacon should cost around $40,000.<br />
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Half the amount — about $20,000 — has already been raised between three
organizations, the Tahoe Yacht Club, the Lahontan Community Foundation and the
National Parks Service. <br />
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“Those funds are just not enough for the repairs,” Watson said.<br />
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The remainder of the funds must be raised before the end of summer to ensure
the work is completed before next winter, Watson said. <br />
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And, according to a July 7 press release from the lodge, if the work isn’t
completed promptly the beacon could collapse into Lake Tahoe.<br />
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To raise the funds necessary to repair the beacon, the Thunderbird is
dedicating money from a Winemaker’s Dinner tonight at the lodge.<br />
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The dinner, part of the Winemaker’s Dinner Series, begins with a silent auction
and cocktails at 5:30 p.m. and a dinner catered by PlumpJack Restaurant at 7
p.m. at the lodge.<br />
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Individual dinner tickets are priced at $250 per person ($175 of which is a
charitable donation) and reservations may be made by calling (775) 832-8754 or
registering online at thunderbirdlodge.org.<br />
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The entire Winemaker’s Dinner series kicks off today and includes three more
dinners, on Aug. 17, Sept. 21 and Oct. 19. Tickets for the entire series cost
$900, of which $700 will serve as a charitable donation for the lodge.<br />
<br />
On a related note, Watson said he would not comment on a $5 million fundraising
effort by the lodge to remove a lien on the property held by Michigan-based Pulte
Homes. The deadline to raise the money came earlier this month and Watson said
he expects a press release within the next two weeks to explain how the
fundraiser wrapped up. </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: lime; font-family: Arial;">Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2011</span></i></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com01700-2000 Tahoe Blvd, Incline Village, NV 89451, USA39.219246107403464 -119.9279808998107939.218477107403466 -119.92921489981079 39.220015107403462 -119.92674689981079tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-33951200323182685312011-11-06T00:43:00.000-07:002011-11-06T21:03:44.502-08:00Anacapa<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Location</b>:<span style="line-height: 115%;">Anacapa Island, Santa Barbara Channel, California</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Directions</b>:The station is located on East Anacapa Island, part of the Channel Islands National Park. Tours are available - <span class="msoIns"><ins></ins></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="msoIns"><a href="http://www.islandpackers.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Island Packers</span></a>, operating out of Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, is an authorized concessionaire to Anacapa Island and <a href="http://www.nps.gov/chis/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Channel Islands National Park</span></a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="msoIns">call them at (805) 642-1393. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Coordinates</b>:<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://toolserver.org/%7Egeohack/geohack.php?pagename=Anacapa_Island_Light&params=34.0156_N_119.3584_W_region:US_type:landmark"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 115%;">34°00′56″N 119°21′30″W<span style="display: none;"> / </span>34.0156°N 119.3584°W</span></a><a href="http://toolserver.org/%7Egeohack/geohack.php?pagename=Anacapa_Island_Light&params=34.0156_N_119.3584_W_region:US_type:landmark"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 115%;"><span style="display: none;"> / 34.0156; -119.3584</span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Year first lit:</b><span style="line-height: 115%;">1912</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Active</b>: YES</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Deactivated</b>: No</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Automated</b>: 1968</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Keepers dwelling</b>: <span style="line-height: 115%;">1932 4 x 1 Stories,l Style: SPANISH REVIVAL Materials: WOOD</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Other Structures:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> OIL HOUSE, RADIO BUILDING, TANK HOUSE, 2 STORAGE BUILDINGS, DOCK, CRANE HOUSE, CISTERN</span><b>Foundation</b>: reinforced Concrete<b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Construction</b>:Brick & Concrete</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tower shape</b>: <span style="line-height: 115%;">Cylindrical, White and Black Trim</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tower Heigh</b>t:<span style="line-height: 115%;">40 ft</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Focal plane</b>: <span style="line-height: 115%;">277ft</span><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Original lens</b>: 3<sup>rd</sup> Order Fresnel (1932) On Display in the Visitors center</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Range</b>: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Current lens</b>: <span style="line-height: 115%;">DCB-24 (1991),</span> 2 white flashes every 60s, separated by 15 s</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Fog Signal</b>: <span style="line-height: 115%;">: HORN/ORIG. DIAPHONE </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">a diaphragm-type horn,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Characteristic</b>: <span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">one 2 s blst then is silent for 2 s, blsts again for 2 s and then completes the cycle with 14 s of silence during low visibility.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Admiralty </b>number:<span style="line-height: 115%;">G3940</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>ARLHS </b>number: <span style="line-height: 115%;">USA-012</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>USCG </b>number: <span style="line-height: 115%;">6-0185</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Owner</b>: <span style="line-height: 115%;">NATIONAL PARK SERVICE</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Site manager</b>: <span style="line-height: 115%;">NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WITH U.S. COAST GUARD ACCESS TO OPTIC</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>Current Use</b>:</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL PARK</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Register Status: </b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">LISTED: ANACAPA LIGHTHOUSE</span></span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><br />
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6:00 A.m., I awake sore and tired, my lily white skin burnt from the day before. I packed everything in my car making sure nothing is left behind. My stay at motel 6 was Okay, very comfortable. 7:20 a.m., I am on the road to Oxnard to catch my boat; I made my way to harbor Blvd. I arrived with plenty of time to spare, so I had breakfast at the latitude 34 café, it was quaint in a way, nobody on the marina and the sun was shining. I relaxed in the glow of a morning light, feeling this was the life to live. Filled my flask with coffee, made sure I had plenty of water, and of course a few sandwiches and lastly checked my cameras, I was set for the journey. I waited for the island packers’ office to open.</div>
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The trip to island was fun, It was approximately an hour each way, waters calm and the skies where a deep blue go to see some blue whales in the distance, dolphins came close to the boat, and a few pelicans. We came close to an oil rig between the mainland and the islands. As we came closer to Anacapa, the views where amazing, the lighthouse was perched atop a cliff looking proudly out to sea. The boat, Vanguard pulled into the Island Harbor and we disembarked. It was a steep climb up the stairs, 154 steps to the top of the Island. I slowly plodded my way up, not too anxious to be the first to be at the top. And then hike a few miles to the visitors’ center.</div>
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We camped out at the visitor’s center and had some refreshments. We now had 2-3 hrs to tour the Island or do our own thing. I noticed the ice plant covered a lot of the island, this was also at other lighthouses, Piedras Blancas had done a great Job at removing it, and so did San Luis Obispo. It's from South Africa, and was introduced to control land erosion. The Ice Plant overran light stations grounds so much that the NPS and LH Volunteer groups enlisted the services of high school students to hand pluck them.</div>
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Our docent was quite vocal as she bellowed out her instructions. She gave some safety tips, one being not pick up things and bring them back to the mainland, as they could carry the Hantavirus. Our group was a motley one varying in all ages, genders and nationalities and personal fitness. It was amazing to see so many sea gulls; it was breeding season for the Western Gulls, it reminded me of the Alfred Hitchcock Movie “Bird”, this place is a sanctuary for the winged beasts. I called them beasts as I had to hit the dirt several times as they flew so close. The docent had given us some advice “The gulls can get agitated and often will swoop down like a kamikaze plane on people, to protect oneself, hold up a closed fist for the gulls to hit, and not your head!”. </div>
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Our docent led us on a hike around the Island, we headed west, she stopped every so often to explain the habitat and give us a little folklore about the Chumash Indians and their gods. As we trekked to the remote regions of the Islands, the Vistas became more and more breathtaking. We eventually came to Inspiration Point. The view was from high cliffs that opened out to the strait that separated East Anacapa from Middle Anacapa, East Anacapa is a sanctuary for Pelicans. Our weather was great and so was the clarity of our views, we could easily see the other Islands from our vantage point.</div>
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I made my way to the base of the lighthouse, surrounded on all sides by gulls, walking the marked trails; I was always within a few feet gulls sitting on their eggs. They won't attack if you stay on the trail, but they complain incessantly with loud squawking racket that's difficult to illustrate. </div>
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It felt so eerily uncomfortable. Hard to put into words, but deep inside us we have an innate fear of the unfamiliar and when you find yourself surround by thousands of birds and no one else in sight those fears can rise suddenly. At the base of the lighthouse, there is a caution sign preventing you from getting closer, unless I could get inside there was no purpose in disobeying the sign. I had my pictures so I headed back to the visitors center. There I was able to photograph the Fresnel lens.</div>
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I learnt that the Island is powered primarily with solar powered panels and backed up with a diesel engine. Water is pumped from the base of the island to a storage tower that looks like a church. The building was made to look like a church to stop people from taking potshots at the water storage tower. The park rangers brought their drinking water unto the island when they are doing their tour of duty, 8 days on, and 8 days off. I am sure the constant sound of the horn and the birds is enough to drive anyone crazy; every 12 seconds the foghorn blares out its signal for 2 seconds, the sound goes on for 24hrs a day. Gladly while I was on the Island the foghorn was silent.</div>
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Finally we came to the end of the day, back to the boat for the return trip. One final look at the Island as set out on our departing journey. We made a quick stop in a cove to look at some sea lions, I was tired, I used my point & shoot for my last shots, I was too lazy to retrieve my dslr’s; my mind was already prepared for the long journey home. The remainder of the boat journey was uneventful, until we arrived near the harbor; a fishing boat arrived alongside us with a shark on the rear of the boat, they had just caught. Now that was a climatic finish to a great day. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">1542, </span></b><span style="color: black;">Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered the Channel Islands, Anacapa being one the group. The Anacapa (</span><span style="color: black;">"Mirage Island") </span><span style="color: black;">islands, a chain of 3</span><span style="color: black;"> islets extending four and a half miles from east to west,</span><span style="color: black;"> 12 miles off the California coast and in the Santa Barbara Channel, coupled by reefs that appear at low tide. The islands are named East, Middle and West Islands. West Island, the largest island of this group, is 2 miles long (3km) by 6/10ths of a mile wide, and its highest point is 930 feet (280 m). The length of the Middle Island is 1 & 1/2 miles; its breath is 1/4 of a mile with its highest point being 325 feet (99 m). The length of East Island is 1 mile (1.6 km); its breath is 1/4 of a mile with its highest point being 250 feet (76 m). At the east end of East Island is a 40 foot-high natural bridge, called Arch Rock, Arch Rock is a trademark for Anacapa and Channel Islands National Park. The perimeter of the island is made of steep sea cliffs. Concealed in the cliffs are lava tubes and air pockets, signifying the origin of the islands being volcanic. Most of the features are sea caves and attention-grabbing points of discovery for kayakers.</span><b><span style="color: black;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1769, </b>Spanish explorer Gaspar De Portola names the islands "Las Mesitas" meaning Little Tables.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1793 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_George_Vancouver" title="Captain George Vancouver"><span style="color: black;">Captain George Vancouver</span></a><span style="color: black;"> renamed </span><span style="color: black;">the islands Anacapa, derived from the Chumash Indian word, "Eneeapha"</span><b><span style="color: black;">. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1853</b> <b>December 2 At 11 p.m. , </b>the side-wheel steamer <i>Winfield Scott</i>, on the way from San Francisco to Panama, beached on Middle Anacapa Island in soup thick fog. Abruptly waking its passengers, many en route from the California gold fields, they scrambled to save both themselves and their gold, amazingly, no lives were lost. The passengers made it safely to shore in lifeboats. Following the wreck it was “every one was for himself, with no thought of anything but saving his life and his (gold) dust.” The passengers were stranded and rescued after several weeks. The <i>Winfield Scott</i> was a total loss; today its remains lie sunken just north of the island.<b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1854,</b> <span style="color: black;">the scandal of the grounding provoked President Franklin Pierce to issue an executive order reserving Anacapa for lighthouse purposes. </span>The U.S. Coast guard Survey recognized the need for a light at Anacapa Island, but believed that it was impractical to build a lighthouse on the rugged volcanic rock. The report said<span style="color: black;"> “it is inconceivable for a lighthouse to be constructed on this mass of volcanic rock - perpendicular on every face, with an ascent inaccessible by any natural means." James Whistler, who later became famous for his painting of his mother, was part of the survey team and produced an etching showing the profile of the eastern extremity of Anacapa Island.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>1854 September 11</b>, Executive order reserved 700 acres for government purposes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1868</b>, The Lighthouse Board requested funds for a lighthouse on Anacapa island.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1874,</b> a lighthouse was eventually built, <span style="color: black;">at </span><span style="color: black;">Point Hueneme</span> instead of Anacapa Island. Point Hueneme was <span style="color: black;">the nearest point on the mainland to Anacapa Island.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>1909</b>, Lighthouse board report “Anacapa island is one of the most difficult points on the Southern California coast to pass in foggy or otherwise thick weather and is regarded as the most important point for a light station on any of the Channel Islands It is estimated that a light and fog signal station can be established here for $100,000, and the Board recommends that an appropriation of that amount be made therefore.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">1910,</span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"> bureau of Lighthouse takes over from the Lighthouse board</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1911</b> The increase of shipping traffic, increased ships lost near Anacapa, this put pressure on the lighthouse board to place a light on Anacapa Island. Congress was unwilling to fund $100,000; The Lighthouse Board estimated cost for the light station, so in its place they erected a 50 foot skeletal tower housing an <span style="color: black;">unattended </span>acetylene <span style="color: black;">lens lantern, the light display a lashing white light every 15 seconds, its focal plane was 185 ft above sea level, </span>the light required service 2 times a year. In addition a whistling buoy was anchored 5/8ths of a mile off the east end of the Anacapa Island. This setup s<span style="color: black;">erved as a guiding beacon for sailing vessels until 1932. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1921</b> <b>February 28,</b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span>This solution proved insufficient, the steamer <i>Liebre</i> ran aground directly below the acetylene light and had damages totaling $40,000. The whistling buoy had capsized and was not operational; it was suspected that the disaster occurred on a foggy night. <span style="color: black;">It was estimated 90% of ships trading on the Pacific Coast moved inside the Santa Barbara Channel Islands, the American Association of Masters, Mates and Pilots petitioned for a fog signal station on Anacapa Island.</span> Anacapa would be the last major light station built on the west coast, and funds were finally allocated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1929</b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span>Construction of a lighthouse began on <span style="color: black;">East </span>Anacapa. However, Roth construction company first awarded the contract to construct the light proved incapable of doing the job</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1930</b> A new contract was awarded, and work began anew, starting in the spring. First a landing dock, 2 gasoline powered hoisting cranes - one 55 feet above sea level, the other at the top of the cliff, and roads were constructed and then work began on the light station buildings. The cranes served to transport supplies to the island. Materials were shuttled from the ship to the landing dock and from the landing dock to the top of the cliff. At the eastern end of the Island, near the highest point,248 ft above sea level, a 39 (12 m) foot</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">cylindrical tower housed a 3<sup>rd</sup> order Fresnel lens,<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"> </span>manufactured in England by Chance Brothers<b>,</b> and a fog signal building was built. The keepers’ quarters were <span style="color: black;">4 large Spanish-style, white stucco </span><span style="color: black;">houses</span><span style="color: black;"> with red tile roofs. A large cement catchment basin fed rainwater into 2 x 50,000-gallons, redwood water storage tanks situated on the hill behind the keepers’ quarters. Regrettably the annual rainfall of 8 inches was common for this dry environment and provided about 30,000 gallons of water, the tender that called to the cove had to provide the remaining water, and this had to be pumped to the tanks. A building called the “church,” had to provide protection for the tanks. The water tanks, often where the targets of boaters and their rifles. Fuel was stored in 3 x 2000 gallon tanks</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">1932</span></b><span style="color: black;"> <b>March</b> <b>25</b>, Keeper <i>Frederick Cobb</i> lit the lamp, the light from Anacapa beamed out on the Pacific Coast. The light from the tower’s Fresnel lens, equipped with 3 flash panels had characteristic, a 1/10th second of white light, 11.9 seconds of darkness, A 1/10th second of white light, 11.9 seconds of darkness, 1/10<sup>th</sup> second of white light, 35. 9 seconds of darkness. The foghorn, a two tone diaphragm-type horn, groans one 3 second blast every 27 seconds. Electronic equipment sends out a continual radio beacon signal with a range of 12 miles (19 km). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>1933 </b>The stations fog signal - had a characteristic like nearby Point Hueneme. The <i>SS Lightburne</i> mistook the Point Hueneme signal for Anacapa Island - providentially the fog lifted just in time for the ship to steer clear of disaster. Point Huenene, the fog signal characteristic was altered. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Anacapa’s radiant light beacon, 1.1 million candlepower, bellowing foghorn and beeping radio signal have guided ships safely through the coastal channel since 1932</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1934</b>, Life on the high cliff proved to be hazardous. The assistant keeper Rex Coursey's wife was badly injured in a fall. The station radioed for help, and the battleship USS California responded. A boat from the battleship took the woman to shore, where she was treated and recovered. . A keeper lost his life falling from one of the station's platforms. Arriving on the island was no easy chore - a small boat was hoisted by crane up to the lower platform and placed in a cradle. One keeper and his wife had their boat stuck dangling in the air as the derrick broke down in mid operation,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">1938</span></b><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">, </span></b><span style="color: black;">Channel Islands where declared to be a National Monument by President Franklin D. Roosevelt</span><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">1950's </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Light-keeper James W.Baker recalled that there were many rats on Anacapa Island, they had come from a wrecked Spanish Galleon in the 1700's "We had rat alerts, similar to general quarters, where we found long tailed critters in the residences. They where large and display a nasty temper when cornered". The rats were well fed from the sea gull eggs and found shelter in the in the dwellings when the lighthouse was constructed in 1912. baker recalled a night owl screeching and when he went to investigate he saw the owl flying away with a rat clasped in its claws. The rats terrified the residents of the Island.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">1956 March, </span></b><span style="color: black;">the residents on the Island where 3 couples and 5 bachelors, each of the couples had their own residences and the 5 bachelors shared a 4<sup>th</sup> house. The wife of Larry Boylan, Officer in Charge, Lois, stated life on the island wasn't as lonesome as people thought. Women "would gab over the phone just like the girls on the mainland" although their quarters where in close proximity to each other, women could lean out their windows and talk back and forth. Living in seclusion appeared to have a health advantage, Boylans 2 children where never sick since they moved to the island.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">1</span></b><b>962</b>, an aerobeacon has replaced the Fresnel lens A plan was proposed to convert Anacapa Island Station to unattended operation and remove the Coast Guard's personnel. The reason for the change was the weekly test firing of missiles from Point Mugu; it was mandatory for the island residents to stay several hours in a shelter during tests.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">1967 May, </span></b><span style="color: black;">The Coast Guard razed 3 of the 4 houses</span><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">1968, </span></b><span style="color: black;">the remaining house along with several other buildings were slated for demolition in the fall, September 24, Donald M. Robinson Superintendent of the Channel Islands National Monument placed a phone call to the Coast Guard. Robinson informed the Coast Guard that the National Park Service was interested in placing persons on the island and would like to keep the remaining facilities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">1968</span></b><span style="color: black;"> <b>December</b>, The light station was automated.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">1980</span></b><b><span style="color: black;">, </span></b><span style="color: black;">Congress designated 5 of the 8 Channel Islands, Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Santa Barbara Islands, and 50,500 hectares (125,000 acres) </span><span style="color: black;">(510 km<sup>2</sup>) </span><span style="color: black;">of submerged lands as </span><a href="http://www.nps.gov/chis"><span style="color: black;">Channel Islands National Park</span></a><span style="color: black;">.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Known today as the "Northern Galapagos Islands",<b> </b></span><span style="color: black;">contains a large variety of Mother Nature's multihued and fascinating plant life and creatures, over 250 species of plants and seabirds, the largest Brown Pelican rookery in the USA. 7 other species of marine birds nest here, including the Western Gull, as well as 22 species of land birds. 90 per cent of the Western Gulls in Southern California were born on Anacapa. This isle is a migration ground for many other birds. Harbor seals and sea lions breed on its rocky beaches</span><b><span style="color: black;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">2001</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Visitors to Anacapa Island today can see the </span>lighthouse<span style="color: black;">, fog signal building, one of the original keeper's dwellings, the water storage building, the powerhouse, and James W. Baker served on Anacapa Island for almost a year and a half starting in February of 1956. After an absence of more than forty years, he returned to the island with his wife in 2001 to view the old station. Baker's admiration and affection for the Fresnel lens used in the Anacapa Lighthouse are evidenced in the following lines he composed after his visit. "The multifaceted crystal lenses, bound in polished brass, are still among man’s most beautiful creations. A static display of a lighthouse lens in a museum, however, is similar to viewing an animal in a zoo. Once removed from its natural habitat it’s never quite the same. I get chills remembering foggy nights when the sweep of the powerful light flashed through the mist, illuminating a small part of the sky." </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses, Nelson</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">California Lighthouse Life in the 1920s and 1930s, Wheeler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">California Light Stations and Other Aids to Navigation c.1950, Mattson and Thowy, California Lighthouses, Roberts and Jones</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Keeper's Log</i>, Summer 2002,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Lighthouse Digest</i> August 2005</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;">Channel Islands</span></i><span style="color: black;">, Charles Hillinger, 1998. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span>Anacapa Lighthouse, Lighthouse, lighthouse pictures, Anacapa Island, Anacapa, California, photographs, <span lang="EN">Journal<span class="mw-headline">, history, LighthousesOfCalifornia, Sean O’Cairde</span></span><br /><br /><b><i><span style="color: lime;">Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2011</span></i></b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Ventura, CA 93001, USA34.015601597938023 -119.3581295013427734.015190097938024 -119.35874650134278 34.016013097938021 -119.35751250134277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-24427789147464101272011-10-06T22:21:00.000-07:002011-10-07T10:36:28.406-07:00Point Hueneme Lighthouse<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Location: Point Hueneme Lighthouse</span></b><span style="color: black;"> is a </span></span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">lighthouse</span></a><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> on the southeast entrance to the </span><i style="color: black;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Barbara_Channel"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Santa Barbara Channel</span></a></i><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">, in </span><i style="color: black;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura_County,_California"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Ventura County</span></a></i><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><i>,</i> </span><i style="color: black;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">California</span></a></i> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">The lighthouse is open from 10AM to 3PM every third Saturday of the month</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Coordinates</span></b> <a href="http://toolserver.org/%7Egeohack/geohack.php?pagename=Point_Hueneme_Light&params=34.145_N_119.2098_W_type:landmark"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">34°08′42″N 119°12′35″W / 34.145°N 119.2098°W / 34.145; -119.2098</span></a> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Active:</b> Yes<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Automated:</b>1972</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Year first constructed:</b> 1874, 1941</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Year first lit:</b> 1874,1941</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Keepers Dwelling:</b> Original was similar in style to Point Fermin, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Swiss Elizabethan Style or Swiss Carpenter Gothic or Victorian stick, 2 stories in height, with 10 rooms that included
gabled roofs, horizontal siding, decorative cross beams and hand carved porch
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Construction:</b>Original Wood frame oak, new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete">Concrete</a></span><div style="color: black;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Tower shape:</b>Original Square cylindrical, new Square on fog signal building</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Markings / pattern:</b> white art moderne</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Height:</b> 48 ft. (15 m)</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Focal plane:</b> 52 ft (16 m); </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Original lens:</b> 4<sup>th</sup> order Fresnel lens</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Current lens:</b> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">4<sup>th</sup> order Fresnel lens</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Range:</b> 20 nm</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fog Horn:</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ORIG. SINGLE DIAPHONE </span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fog Horn Characteristic</span>:</b> orig 1 blast every 41s (4s bl). New 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl) can be activated by VHF-FM ch 16</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_characteristic"><b>Characteristic</b></a><b>:</b> flashing white</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Hydrographic_Office"><b>Admiralty</b></a><b> number:</b> G3926</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_Radio_Lighthouse_Society"><b>ARLHS</b></a><b> number:</b> USA-693</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard"><b>USCG</b></a><b> number:</b> 6-0190</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">It was midweek, and I was in the process of preparing myself for the trip southward.<i> Point Hueneme</i> on Saturday and <i>Anacapa Island</i> on Sunday; my wife jean had my bag packed and I booked a room at motel 6 in <i>Oxnard</i> for the weekend. I had set my mind to finish work early on Friday, around 4 – 4:30 pm, fill my SUV with gas and pack something to eat while driving. I hoped to reach my destination around 10 – 10:30pm. I prepared my camera bag with an array of lens with, from wide angle to telephoto. It’s was with anticipation of excitement that I looked forward to this trip, the precarious nature of the weather, I had to prepare as if I was in the winter season. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Finally,Friday came, my bags were packed and I was ready to go, slowly the day dragged on. To my chagrin, I may be stuck in one of the largest backups in <i>California </i>History. Highway 405 was shutdown that night at 10:00 pm, roughly around the time I was to hit LA. I set out from <i>Livermore </i>and headed south on highway 5, no real problems until I got to <i>Bakerville</i>, all along the freeway, detour signs were posted to take Jct 45. Finally I arrived at Jct 45, and take the detour, not paying full attention I followed the main traffic, this was a fatal mistake, it led me to 101, a 100 miles detour out of my way, I came in to Los Angelos by way of <i>Santa Barbara. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">When I arrived at highway 405, it was like a ghost highway, no traffic on one of the busiest highways in the world. I exited for <i>Oxnard </i>and encountered more confusion with my GPS; it led me around in circles; eventually I arrived at the motel. Pleasantly I was surprised at the quality of this motel. Usually motel 6 is the bottom of the barrel; here I had a drive in to my room in a secluded spot. The area was quiet and the room very comfortable. I made myself at home, had a glass of wine and retired for the night.</span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xD6DvSQIf4s/ToKog9Nad0I/AAAAAAAADV8/p7G30QvxhKs/s1600/Point+Hueneme-1524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xD6DvSQIf4s/ToKog9Nad0I/AAAAAAAADV8/p7G30QvxhKs/s320/Point+Hueneme-1524.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Saturday morning, I made my way to <i>Point Hueneme</i> after a few detours from the route and and a visit to some of the beaches, I arrived at my destination. The parking area was next to the beach, which was filled with families and surfers. The weather was warm, the sky a deep blue, with a burning yellow orb planted at high noon, scorching my Irish Lilly white skin. Parking had to paid for, I made my way to the pay machine and was about to put my dollars in when a young man offered me his parking ticket, it was good for the day. No matter where you go there is always a good samaritan. I strolled from the parking lot to the lighthouse along a well paved promenade. Fenced on side with high wired mesh fences with security cameras, dogs and foreboding signs saying “<b><i>keep out, government property</i></b>” and on the other side <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">people scattered on clean, soft white sandy beach, with picnic stations protected from the wind ,the emerald sea beat against the rocks with hang gliders floating in air. It was two worlds juxtaposed with each other, carefree, laid back , picturesque fishing pier, kites flying, with miltary, rigidness and fear of entry.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">I arrived at the lighthouse to see it was behind a fence, I was glad to see it was open to the public. Its style was much different to other lighthouses I had seen in the past. It definitely had a modern feel to it, almost betraying the past. I made my way into the lighthouse and was greeted by 2 coast guards, I believe husband and wife, and I understand they have a senior coast guard family member at<i> <a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2011/07/point-vicente.html">Point Vicente</a></i>, a father in-law, a family of coast guards. I had a very interesting conversation with the daughter in-law Rose Castro-Bran who allowed me to take a picture of an old postcard of <i>Point Hueneme</i>. She is the author of several books one being “<i>Lighthouses of the Ventura Coast</i>” & "<i>The Adventures of Port Herman Lighthouse.</i>" <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Read more: - </span><a href="http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jun/09/book-features-point-hueneme-lighthouse/?partner=yahoo_feeds#ixzz1XVHgu1L8" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">vcstar.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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I was struck by the oddity of the stairs. Not the usual spiral, but a bright red parallel lines angled ever upwards. I climbed to the tower, and had a great view of the harbor, The clockwork and its mechanism where functioning, hard to believe they were from the era of 1899. Things were made to last. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">After my visit and tour of the lighthouse and on my return to the parking lot, I met up with a group of Pentecostals. They are on a mission to pray for the revival of the State at all the lighthouses, certainly a challenge. I have been to most of the sites with only one or two to go and I know from 1<sup>st</sup> hand experience the remoteness of some of these lighthouses. I parked my camera equipment and returned to the lighthouse to listen to these people. They had a worship service, testimonies, and prophecies in a public forum. Some of them prayed in tongues, overall it was positive outpouring and concern for their community. This is why I love America, it has room for everyone, and for the freedom to express your faith without repression.Sunburned, I headed back to my hotel. First I stopped by a outdoor food cantina on <i>Surfside Dr </i>and had some fish and chips with a ice cold beer. I was dog tired and looking forward to my trip on Sunday to <i>Anacapa </i>Island. The area here is quite beautiful and the people are laid back and cordial. It was a good day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>1868</b>.Thomas Bard had a learned that a of a natural submarine valley, a 1000 ft deep ran to 300ft off Hueneme.<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">(pronounced "Wy-Nee-Mee") is derived from a <i>Chumash </i>Indian word meaning "half-way" or "resting place." is approximately fifty miles north of <i>Los Angeles</i>, . It is believed that the <i>Chumash </i>stopped at<i> Point Hueneme</i> as they transited between today's <i>Point</i> <i>Mugu </i>and the mouth of the<i> Santa Clara </i>River. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1872</b>, to utilize this canyon Bard had a 1500-foot wharf built at <i>Point Hueneme</i> so goods could be lightered from the coast to ships anchored offshore.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">1873 </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>March 3</b>, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">A sum of $22,000 was allocated by Congress on for a lighthouse to mark the City of <i>Port Hueneme</i> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">to guide shipping through the <i>Santa Barbara Channel</i> which runs between the <i>California </i>coast and the Channel Islands</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>1874 April 25</b>, the firm of <i>Salisbury and Co</i>. was contracted to build the <i>Point Hueneme Lighthouse</i>. The lighthouse consisted of a two-story residence, with a square tower extending an extra story above the buildings inclined roof. The residence consisted of ten rooms with four fireplaces. The style was with a <i>Swiss </i>and <i>Elizabethan </i>influence. The first floor was taken by the head keeper and his family, while the second floor was occupied by the assistant keeper and his family. This building was like structure to <i><a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2011/08/point-fermin.html">Point Fermin</a></i> which was lit at the same time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1874 November 9</b>,The first entry in the station’s log book reads “I, <i>Samuel Ensign</i>, having been promoted from 1st Assistant Keeper at the light at <a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2008/07/pigeon-pointsan-mateo-coast.html"><i>Pigeon Point</i>,</a> <i>San Mateo</i> County, <i>California</i>, and appointed principal keeper of this station have this day taken charge of <i>Point Hueneme</i> Light Station.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>1874 December 15</b>, Assistant keeper, <i>Mr. Giles</i> and family, arrives from <i>San Francisco</i> aboard the steamer <i>Constantine</i>. With the help of a lampist, the keepers prepared the lighthouse for its inaugural lighting. The Lamp is lit. for the next 14 yrs. a steady white light shone from the tower. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1875 February 11</b>, Keeper <i>Ensign </i>made a subsequent entry in station’s log book reads: “Entered the watch room at 6 a.m. to relieve Mr. <i>Giles </i>who had to go today as witness in a criminal case to<i> San Buenaventura</i>. Found Mr. <i>Giles </i>asleep in watch room and light unattended. Light very low.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>1875 August</b>, <i>Giles </i>receives the position of head keeper at <i><a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2008/07/pigeon-pointsan-mateo-coast.html">Pigeon Point</a></i> On another day, He was hampered by another report by <i>Ensign </i>again discovering <i>Giles </i>asleep in the watch room, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1878 August</b>, <i>Ensign </i>is fired from the service for “physical incapacity to discharge the duties of Station Keeper.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1882 </b><i>Point Hueneme</i> made a request for a fog signal. A Report of the Lighthouse Board to Congress noted, in regards to <i>Point Hueneme</i>, “It is important that a steam fog signal should be established here. The numerous passenger and other steamers, in going up and down the coast, pass inside <i>Anacapa </i>Island, and very near the coast, which here makes a considerable elbow. The land at this point is quite low, and is so for ten miles inland, so that it is difficult to see if there is any fog.” Congress approved $7,000 for the fog signal. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>1889</b>, the signature of the light is changed, it becomes a fixed red. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>1892 April 15<span style="font-size: small;">th</span> </b>, the light is changed to occulting white. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">The apparatus was a new type devised by Maj D Heap </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>1899</b>, the tower received a new revolving fourth-order </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Fresnel lens</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">, which produced a flashing white characteristic. The Fresnel lens was manufactured in <i>France </i>by <i>Barbier & Bernard</i> in 1897 was relocated to the new building in 1941 and is currently in operation. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>1</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>922,</b> two giant <i>Sunkist </i>lemon-packing plants were built,<i> Ventura County</i> had steadily increased its agricultural output since the early 1900s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>1927</b>, <i>Walter White</i> served at <i>Point Hueneme </i>until 1948. He witnessed many changes at the site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>1934, </b>Electric motor installed on the light </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1938</b> May 5th, it took 15 mins to fully subscribe Bonds for the amount of $1,750,000 to fund the project a deep-sea commercial port. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1939</b> The U.S. Lighthouse Service merged with the U. S. Coast Guard. The USLHS had constructed and maintained all federal aids to navigation. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>1939 January 24,</b> <i>Standard Dredging Company </i>commences work on the harbor. <i>Richard Bard</i>, son of a U.S. Senator, who would become known as the ‘Father of<i> Port Hueneme</i>’, had led an endeavor to get a deep-sea commercial port to<i> Point Hueneme</i> in an effort to expand the market for the county’s goods was honored with turning the first shovel of dirt at the groundbreaking ceremonies which weren't held until February 4th. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1940</b>, the<i> Port of Hueneme</i> was completed. As the entrance to the harbor would be dangerously close to the <i>Point Hueneme</i> Lighthouse the creation of the channel entrance to the harbor required that the lighthouse building to be moved. It was decided to build a new fog signal/lighthouse on the east side of the harbor’s entrance, which the lighthouse building is standing today. It’s style Art Modern. The lantern, lens, and clockworks mechanism were housed in a temporary tower while the new lighthouse was being built. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>1940 February 15<sup>th</sup> and 18<sup>th</sup>,</b> the old lighthouse is barged from the west side of the harbor’s entrance to the east bank, the move attracted local attention. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1940 July 4,</b> Work on <i>Port Hueneme </i>is complete; it is the only deep water port between Los Angeles and San Francisco. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1940 July 6<sup>th</sup> & 7<sup>th</sup>,</b> a two-day dedication was held over the weekend. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1941</b> The light first lit. Keeper <i>White</i> oversaw the replacement of the original lighthouse with The new lighthouse, now interchangeably called the<i> Point Hueneme </i>or <i>Port Hueneme</i> Lighthouse, consists of a 48-foot-tall, square, concrete tower rising from a one story, buff-colored </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Art Deco</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> style tower on a fog-signal building. The Keepers & families did not reside in this structure. Cottages were built close to the lighthouse. The station was automated. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1942</b>, the US Navy purchased Hueneme Harbor and established the US Construction Battalion Center - "Home of the Seebees." Navy takes control of the port. During WWII more dry cargo would move through the port than any other port in the U.S. After the War the port was returned to civilian operations. The old Lighthouse was purchased for use as a Yacht Club, but razed because of neglect. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>1996 On December 7<sup>th</sup></b>, the port led the nation in citrus exports, large cargo ships can be seen off-loading a constant stream of overseas automobiles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2008 March</b>, the City of <i>Port Hueneme and Oxnard Harbor </i>District dedicated a new "Lighthouse Promenade", beginning at the Hueneme Sunset Beach alongside the perimeter fence of the port to the lighthouse. The 1/2 mile stroll is on a flat, even surface and allows visitors a leisurely stroll along the beach. </span></span></div>
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<li style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">"<i>Point Hueneme Lighthouse</i>," Thomas M. Ward, <i>The Keeper's Log</i>, Fall 1992. </span></li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">"<i>Stormy Harbors</i>, A Retrospect of Ventura County's Three Harbors and Their Problems Over the Years," Dave Crowell, <i>Reporter</i>, August 1998. </span></li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: white;"><i><span style="color: black;">Umbrella Guide to California </span><span style="color: black;">Lighthousees</span></i></span><span style="color: black;">, S</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">harlene</span> and Ted Nelson, 1993</span></span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://huenemelight.org/">Point Hueneme Lighthouse</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Hueneme_Light">Wikipedia Point Hueneme</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCA.asp">Histororic Lighthouse Information</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/maritime/light/hueneme.htm">Inventory of historic lights</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was after work on Friday<span lang="EN">; I set out on my journey towards the south of this State. I made my way to <i>Safeway</i> supermarket, to fill my SUV with gas and pick a few food items for my journey. I already had my camera equipment packed earlier in the morning as I got ready for work. Mentally I was ready for the long boring drive down 101, this trip I expected to be an uneventful journey, no beautiful coastlines to keep me distracted as I drove the long roads. I had my iPod with its 18,000 songs to occupy my head and keep me entertained.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN"> </span>I arrived in <i>San Luis Obispo</i>; it was dark, around 10: pm, and I was lucky to find accommodation at Motel 8 in <i>Pismo</i> beach. The school Cal Poly was celebrating their commencement week, every hotel and motel was booked out. 3 star hotels where looking for exorbitant prices. <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on"><i>Avila</i></city></place> lighthouse hotel wanted over $400 for the night and no in room extras for that price. Honestly you would not think that the country was in a state of economic depression here. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The next quirk was when I tried to check in to the motel, the motel had a problem approving my credit cards, not just one but 3 cards where declined. I called <i>Jean</i>, my wife, and she contacted the bank, the bank said it was the motels server, and it was not making contact with the banks server, so much for technology. Luckily I had the cash in my wallet to pay for the room. The sleep was not that comfortable, I could hear kids skateboarding and dogs barking. I also had a sick stomach, a reaction to stress. You get what you pay for</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I rose around 7:30am showered packed my gear and headed for <i>Avila</i> beach. Parked in the harbor port and made my way to meet the hiking group at the fisherman’s memorial. I had apprehensions about this trek, lately my breathing was bit labored and due to knee problems no exercising for several months, and I did not think that my legs would hold up for a 3.5 mile trek to the lighthouse and 3.5 miles back, a total 0f 7 miles roundtrip. The terrain was challenging as the elevation rose several hundred ft. We set off with a group of 20; the first leg was a trail that lead up to a tar macadam road, I basically ploughed my way up a steep incline though bramble and dry brush to the road that continued rise for about a ½ mile. Panting, panting, gasping for air, I was glad that I had my knee brace on; but I was going on and my mind was made up not to quit, the weather was cool for this part of the trek. I also made sure that I was carrying a water bottle. My lens was a 24-105mm with a 5D Camera. So I was not overly laden.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We made a single line, following the lead of the docent along the trail. Avoiding poison ivy and ticks, as the brush rubbed against my white ivory skin. At this early stage I could already sense the tightening of my air pipe and shortness of breath take effect. But I was not deterred, last week I made the climb up 311 steps from <place w:st="on"><a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2008/08/point-reyes-lighthouse-marin.html"><i>Point</i> <i>Reyes</i></a></place> lighthouse, I was determined to do this trek. We reached the road and the docent gave us the chance to change our minds and return to our vehicles. He said the trek was going to get much tougher. The group decided that we where moving on, so we trekked on a more even terrain to greater heights. Spectacular views of San Luis Obispo Bay where incredible from our lofty perches. But I was struggling with my legs and my breathing to fully appreciate my view; at a later stage I was able to appreciate the view from the comfort of a cable car.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Periodically we stopped on the trail as the docent fed us the history of the area; he would show us pictures of times gone by and from our high perch, he would point to areas below and give a brief history. This gave me a chance to catch my breath, a drink of water and take a few pictures. From this height the scenery was awesome, I was glad I continued. Finally we came to a point where we started to descend into a more treacherous and uneven terrain. We had to worry more about losing our footing and staying on the trail, the pathway had become a gravel path. As I looked for things of nature, flowers, birds, insect that would make this trek more interesting; I also became very aware of the height I was at and my footing, outside of the views there was not much of anything. Most of the trail was filled with dry brush and most of the interesting plants were few and far apart.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Onward I trekked, steeling my mind against the pains and aches of my body. Uphill and downhill, glad of the moments of respite the docent would give us as he took the opportunity to whip out his folder with more pictures of yesterday. I reckoned I was the oldest of the group, and I was holding my own at this point. Finally I could sense that we where coming to close to the end of the trek. We had reached a point on the peninsula where we would have to move back inland. And there was the clue a small wharf at the base of the hill and a road. I could see Kayakers in the small harbor, poles that carried electricity; I could also hear the bark of seals. And we where making our way downhill. Amongst the trees I could make out the lantern tower. We had arrived at my destination. This was another notch on my belt. This lighthouse was to be on my roughest trek yet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The site was not as impressive as others, the beautiful coast seem to take away from the remoteness of the light station. I was busy taking my pictures as I moved closer and closer. I immediately noticed the buildings that where added by the coast guard. The picket fences did not appear as original as the earlier fences I had seen. As I came close to where the lighthouse was located, I was greatly disappointed. It was covered in scaffolding. The lighthouse, was been renovated for the 120<sup>th</sup> anniversary, on June 26<sup>th</sup>. I toured on the inside and took my pictures. The Fresnel lens was on display, it was 4<sup>th</sup> order, but the bull lens where taped over with a blue tape. It was not functional; again I was limited what I could shoot. My return trip was more rewarding for photography.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I was impressed at the restoration work on this lighthouse. The artifacts that where on display came from the mid 1800’s, The intricate work on the lace curtains reflects the handiwork of the lighthouse keepers wives, the furniture restored in the various rooms, and the work gave you the sense of visualizing people living in this place. The care that was being taken in restoring the old floors, woodwork and fire place tiling could be seen.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I made my way around the site and snapped a few more pictures. I had taken a number of pictures on the inside, I decided in spite of the scaffolding I would take some exterior pictures. Already my mind was preparing for the return journey. Not something I was relishing, already the temperatures had risen. Slowly I made my way back to rejoin the group and we started our home bound journey. Getting on the trail was probably the hardest.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I braced my mind for the return journey; it was to be harder than the trek in. The uphill climbs were the toughest part, my legs and breathing both labored with intense pain. At least the docents where patient with me and waited as I slowly made my way, I have to find a way to get myself back into shape. Finally I arrived back at our starting point. Made my way to the Port, Sat back had a cappuccino and recuperated from my trek. Got out my netbook and checked on the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">US</place></country-region> game.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Met a few people, the owner of the Café who took pride in that he was not politically correct and that this was a hobby for him, a dad and son who wondered about the US Game. I sat with my cappuccino and under my straw hat contemplated my trek and how many more lighthouses to go. Wondered what way to bring the blog up to date without regurgitating some of the same old stuff. It’s about lighthouses or is it. Sometimes I confuse myself, as so many things happen on these trips. Meeting people, Sea mammals, plants, mountains, then of course there is the lighthouse itself, the history, location and buildings. I could focus on any one of these as the theme and build its story, or I could continue to be random and let my mind take you on its perceived journey.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">A year later I am back, My brother Eddie is with me. This time I am taking the tram and sitting back in the lap of luxury. We are on the new Tram Lucy 2, and its so easy as it makes its way around the twists and turns of mountainous narrow road. I just relaxed and took in the views of the Bay, it was so beautiful, I would definitely recommend this to any tourist. The trip did not take that long, but it did give the docent’s ample time to tell their story. We arrived and I could already appreciate their hard work of restoration, gone where the scaffolding and builders materials. It was now my time relaxed and under physical strain to finish my story in Pictures, you will only see a handful, and they will be the ones that catch my eye, hope you will enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>1542</b>: The Portuguese explorer </span><span class="style61"><span style="color: #666666;"><i>Juan Cabrillo</i> sailed into the <i>San Luis Bay</i>, he named the bay <i>Todos Santos</i> (All Saints Bay)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>1864</b>: <i>David Mallagh</i> an Irish Sea captain bought the 1<sup>st</sup> pier in the <i><place w:st="on"><sn w:st="on">San</sn> <middlename w:st="on">Luis</middlename> <sn w:st="on">Bay</sn></place>.</i> The pier shot out from <i>Cave Landing</i> (today's <i>Pirate's Cove</i>).He owned and operated the stage and freight lines that ran from the town of <city w:st="on"><i>Avila</i></city> to <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><i>San Luis Obispo</i></place></city></span><span class="style61"><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>1867</b> President <i>Andrew Johnson</i> issued an executive order directing the Department of the Interior “to take the necessary steps to cause the reservation for Light House purposes of an area of land at <i>Point San Luis</i>”.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>1868</b>: Under the shelter of <i>Point San Luis,</i> on the southwestern shore of <i>San Luis Bay</i>, <i>John Harford</i> completed a 540-foot-long pier; it’s called the peoples wharf </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1876</b> The Pier is extended to 1500 feet. A 30-inch narrow gauge railroad ran along the wharf and eventually tied the harbor, to <city w:st="on"><i>San Luis Obispo</i></city> and other <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Central</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Coast</placetype></place> communities. <i>Port Harford</i> became a vital link for transporting both passengers and commerce to and from the area. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1877</b>: Congressman <i>Romualdo Pacheco</i>, 1<sup>st</sup> Hispanic Gov of Ca, introduced a bill in the House of Representatives for the building of a lighthouse at <i>Port Harford. </i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1884</b>: <i>Smith</i> house is built to house families in the whaling business on a small island just off <i>Port Hartford.</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>1885</b>, the US Lighthouse Board suggested a lighthouse for <i>Port Hartford</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1886</b>: Congress authorized $50,000 for the lighthouse. The project was delayed. Acquiring the land on the headland at <i>Point San Luis,</i> and the bids for the construction were too expensive. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1888 May 1<sup>st</sup>: 2.00AM</b> Disaster hit The passenger & cargo steamship <i>Queen of the Pacific</i> 15 miles out from <i>Port Harford</i> <i>, </i>it<i> </i>began taking on water. The captain turned his ship towards <i>Port Harford</i>, for fear of Rocks at the harbor entrance; He had to proceed slowly, because he had no lights to mark the harbor. The steamship settled at the bottom of the harbor, in 22 ft of water, 500 ft from of the pier. Most of the ship was above the waterline, and the passengers safely disembarked. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It could be argued that this event, helped to progress the construction of the lighthouse. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1889</b>: Construction of the Lighthouse began. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1890 June 30<sup>th</sup></b>: The Light is lit for the first time and a new beacon is added to the <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">California</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Coast</placetype></place>. An article in <i>San Luis Obispo’s</i> <i>Daily Republic</i> described the new light station: “The light is shown from a black lantern surmounting a square frame tower attached to the southwest corner of a one and a half story frame dwelling painted white, trimmings lead color, blinds green and the roof brown. About 50 yards to the eastward stands a one and a half-story double dwelling painted in a similar manner, between the two dwellings … stands the fog signal building with its two black smokestacks, and painted like the dwellings.” </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">3 lighthouses were built in <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">California</place></state> using these plans, but the <i>Point San Luis</i> Lighthouse is the only one that remains fully intact. As for its two sister lights, the tower of the </span><a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2009/08/table-bluff.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Table Bluff Lighthouse</i></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> is all that is left, while the <i>Ballast Point</i> Lighthouse was completely razed to make room for the expansion of the Naval submarine base in <i>San Diego</i>. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Whaling vessels, cargo ships, tankers and fishing boats were all guided around the treacherous point into the safe harbor.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1893</b>: From the eastern end of <i>Point San Luis</i>, a federal breakwater, which encompassed <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on"><i>Whalers</i></placename> <placetype w:st="on">Island</placetype></place>, was built between 1893 and 1913. A small wharf located near the juncture of the breakwater and the mainland provided the primary means of access to the lighthouse, though a crude wagon road also reached the station. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1915</b>: Steam Fog system replaced with compressed air system.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1933</b>: Electricity comes to the lighthouse; kerosene lamp is replaced with electric bulb.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>1942</b>: A listening post is put up in front of the lighthouse and a second duplex building is built to the south east of the original</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: black;">double dwelling.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1950</b>: Road is built to the lighthouse.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1961</b>: the Coast Guard replaced the double dwelling with a modern wooden frame duplex</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1969</b> the Fresnel lens was retired and replaced by an automated electric light.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1974</b>: The Coast Guard closed the Lighthouse.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1976</b>: <span lang="EN">the lens was moved to the <i>San Luis Obispo County Historical Society</i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1978</b>: the <place w:st="on"><i><placetype w:st="on">Port</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">San Luis</placename></i></place> was licensed by the Coast Guard to restore the lighthouse </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1992</b>: <i>Port San Luis Harbor District</i> received the 30-acre site from the Federal Government with the requirement that the station be restored and opened to the public</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2003</b>: Much progress has been made by the modern-day keepers. The exteriors of all of the structures were painted during the summer, and the parlor inside the lighthouse has been fully restored and furnished with period pieces provided by a local chapter of the Questers. Plans are in place to improve the access road to the station; however, due to security concerns at the <i>Diablo</i> Canyon Power Plant, the road will likely not be available for transporting visitors to the site. Instead, the lighthouse wharf will be rebuilt and water access will hopefully be provided to the general public in the future. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2010</b>: the year the <i>San Luis Obispo</i> Lighthouse celebrated its 120th anniversary; the Fresnel lens was returned to the station and placed on display in the horn house, which has been converted into a visitor center. The lens was removed from the lighthouse in the late 1970s after it was shot with a .22 caliber bullet and had been on display most recently at the San Luis Obispo Library before returning home. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>2011</b>: PG&E donated a 22-passenger electric trolley, named Lucy 2, this will assist to ferry visitors to the lighthouse. The new trolley joins a gasoline-powered trolley Lucy 1 that currently shuttles people to the lighthouse, the current schedules is 3 times a day on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month<br /><br />Read more: </span><a href="http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/01/10/1437108/pge-electric-trolley-lighthouse.html#ixzz1V7d5k1yF"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/01/10/1437108/pge-electric-trolley-lighthouse.html#ixzz1V7d5k1yF</span></a><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers website. </i></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN"><a href="http://www.sanluislighthouse.org/"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Point San Luis Lighthouse</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo_Light"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">San Luis Obispo Light Wikipedia</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN"><a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCA.asp"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Historic Light Station information USCG</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/maritime/light/sanluis.htm"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Inventory of historic light Stations</span></a></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2011</span></i></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com06886 Lighthouse Rd, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405, USA35.160389355869881 -120.7603883743286135.159577855869884 -120.76162237432861 35.161200855869879 -120.75915437432862tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-18710446178447797772011-08-31T21:44:00.000-07:002011-09-01T10:59:50.318-07:00Angels gate<a href="http://www.angelsgatelighthouse.com/">Angels Gate</a><br />
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<b>Location</b>: <i>SAN PEDRO</i> BREAKWATER - <i>ANGELS GATE</i>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Harbor_Light">Los Angeles Harbor <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">. Located at the end of the breakwater</span></a><br />
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<b>Directions</b>: <i>San Pedro</i> is in southern <i>Los Angeles</i>. To get to the area, take Interstate 110 South to the end, the lanes will make a left turn, follow the turn left into <i>Gaffey St</i>. Turn left on 21st Street about 1.5 miles from the end of 110.Turn right on <i>Pacific Ave</i>. for 1 mile.Turn left on <i>Stephen M White Dr</i>. and stay left into <i>Cabrillo Beach Park,</i> where you walk to the end of the Fishing Pier where you can see the lighthouse. The lighthouse is not directly accessible. The breakwater is fenced off and access by foot is prohibited, due to dangerous waves and currents. The lighthouse is visible at a distance from the waterfront area at <i>Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro</i>, and also from <i>Point Fermin</i>. The light is best viewed by boat.<br />
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<b>Coordinates</b>: 33°42′30″N 118°15′05″W<br />
<b>Year first lit</b>: 1913<br />
<b>Active</b>: Yes<br />
<b>Deactivated</b>: No<br />
<b>Automated</b>: 1971<br />
<b>Keepers dwelling</b>: 1942 2 Story keepers quarters, 1938 Concrete Oil house <br />
<b>Foundation</b>: Rock breakwater with Concrete Slabs<br />
<b>Construction</b>: Steel and Concrete, Painted Black & white panels<br />
<b>Tower shape</b>: Cylindrical with a 10 sided Octagonal concrete base<br />
<b>Tower Height</b>: 69 ft (21 m), 73 ft (22.2 m) above sea level<br />
<b>Focal plane</b>: 73 ft<br />
<b>Original lens</b>: 4th order Fresnel lens, AT LOS ANGELES MARITIME MUSEUM<br />
<b>Range</b>: 18 nm<br />
<b>Current lens</b>: DCB-24, SOLAR POWERED<br />
<b>Fog Signal</b>: , AIR OSCILLATER HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si). Operates continuously<br />
<b>Characteristic</b>: green flash every 15 s. Emergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished<br />
<b>Admiralty</b>: G3799<br />
<b>ARLHS</b>: USA-014<br />
<b>USCG number</b>: 6-0135<br />
<b>Owner</b>: U.S. COAST GUARD<br />
<b>Site manager</b>: U.S. COAST GUARD<br />
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It was a short journey from <i>Point Fermin</i> Lighthouse to the area where you can see <i>Los Angeles Harbor</i> light. It can be seen from the tower of <i>Point Fermin</i> and I spoke to the docent about visiting it. It’s off limits to the general public, but I suppose one can take risks and make their way to the lighthouse on the breakwater. My first look was from the heights behind a housing estate. I had abandoned my dear wife and went off seeking a vantage point to take photographs. Climbing along the edge of a cliff, and scrambling over a fence or two, I found my spot. It gave me a good view of the harbor and the activity of boats; Kayakers and Para sailing. As I made myself comfortable, I spied upon the cliffs young lovers oblivious to my prowling about.<br />
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After a period of time I made my way back to <i>Jean</i> and we continued down to the harbor where the lighthouse was located. We did not spend too long here as we wanted to get to the hotel. The area is a public park with a beach. Located near the lighthouse is a life guard station, so I decided not to venture out to the breakwater, maybe another visit. With my long lens I was able to get a few shots. This was to be my last lighthouse of my vacation. I promised myself a return journey, maybe early morning, the next time. Back to my wife and give her my undisturbed attention. She certainly has been a comforting and patient companion on this trip.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A year later I was to return with my brother Eddie. It was not much
different than before; I made my way out to the wharf and observed that it was
filled with people fishing. It was evident that this was a port entrance;
industrial cranes hugged the coastline on the opposite side of the harbor. A
large cargo liner sailed by the lighthouse and the harbor itself was filled
with sail boats and surfers, just outside the breakwater windsurfers where
racing each other. Mother nature also had her minions pay a visit, pelicans
entertained on the fishing pier and provided some precision aerobatics for the
entertainment of onlookers. The beaches
were not over crowded. It had a medley of young people and families, there was
not a shortage of lookout towers insuring the safety of those who came and
enjoyed the sun and beach. Eddie and I spent about an hour in the area before
we headed off to Santa Barbara to pick up his daughter from college. That was
another adventure</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">History</span></b><br />
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<b>1874</b>, <i>Southern Pacific Railroad</i> completes a line to the <i>San Pedro</i> Area and establishes a port in the area.<br />
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<b>1875</b>: A rival Railroad was built from Los Angeles to Santa Monica,<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">wharf and new port was established</span></span> thus taking away port business from San Pedro.<br />
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<b>1876 </b>Southern Pacific extended its line to Los Angeles , securing its port, and in the end buying out its rival.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline"><b><span lang="EN">1891-1893</span></b></span><span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN">, 3 commissions investigate
the location for a deep water port, San Pedro Bay was picked. </span></span><br />
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<b>1899</b> <i>San Pedro</i> Breakwater was started, 9,2550 ft containing nearly 3 million tons of rock from <i>Santa Catalina</i> Island<br />
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<b>1907</b>, Plans made to build a 40ft square concrete structure at the west end of the breakwater project. Originally the design was to be a dormered, square wooden building with the lens emergent from the roof comparable to <a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2010/03/southhampton-shoaltinsley-island.html"><i>Southampton Shoals</i>.</a><br />
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<b>1910</b>, Temporary Light established with the completion of the breakwater.<br />
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<b>1913 Mar 1</b>, 1st Lit at a cost of $36000, the lighthouse was completed; it was the “greeter” light as it guides the steady stream of ships into San Pedro. The construction consisted of 12 steel columns; the top 3 stories are cylindrical and sit upon the 10 sided octagonal <span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">bottom sheathed with steel plates, which in turn sits upon a 40 ft
square concrete platform. </span></span>This has a Romanesque appearance, and it was unique in its design. The bottom story housed the fog signal (36 inch airway beacon, dual tone fog signals, and a radio beacon inside its frame.), water and fuel tanks. The story above the octagonal was used for storage and the top 2 stories was the quarters for the light-keepers, atop the building was helical-bar lantern room which housed a 4th order Fresnel lens.<span style="color: black;"> The light source was an oil incandescent lamp
Which flashed white every 15 seconds. The fog horn had 2 compressed air sirens
powered by gas engines.</span>It was called the Robot Light because the rectangular base on six columnar legs,only one of its kind, built at the end of a 2 mile stretch of San Pedro breakwater. 3 keepers tend the station, their families lived in town because the quarters where too small.Quarters being small often led to arguments or fights. Assistant keeper Hughes was suspended for assaulting head keeper Olsen. Olsen put in his report "All keepers at this station are instructed that in the future no distilled or malt liquors are to be brought to this station"<br />
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<b>1932</b>, <i>Los Angeles Times</i> published a story, “The lighthouse also survived a brush with a battleship years ago. The battleship struck the rocks directly below. <i>Jim Gibbs</i> (Lighthouses of the Pacific, p. 43) says it was this incident that probably inspired these lines by <i>Don Newman</i> entitled Check your Bearings :<br />
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<i><b>First voice</b></i>: Our radar has you on a collision course with us. You should alter course 10 degrees south.<br />
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<i><b>Second voice</b></i>: We have you on our radar. Suggest you alter course 10 degrees north.<br />
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<b><i>First voice</i></b>: <i>Admiral Goodman</i> aboard. Strongly suggest you bear 10 degrees south, this is a battleship!<br />
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<b><i>Second</i></b> <b><i>voice</i></b>: This is <i>Seaman Farnsworth</i>. Still suggest you bear 10 degrees north. This is a lighthouse!”<br />
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<b>1933</b>,March 10, The lighthouse is jolted by an earthquake; <span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">the keeper reported that the lighthouse shook for 20 seconds and that
the mercury slopped out of the pool used to float the lens.</span></span> The lighthouse has been at a slight tilt ever since its early years, when a 5 day severe gale hammered tremendous breaking waves against the lighthouse. the lighthouse leaned toward the shore, but stood steadfastly against the violent storm, it was left with a tilt. Lighthouse workers complained about uneven walking plain, they dropped a plumb line from the lantern to the ground, which confirmed their complaints. The tower continued to be strong and steady, in spite of the tilt. Later on the a green translucent cover was placed over the lens due to the distracting lights of the encroaching suburbia. Its the only green flashing light in a major lighthouse in California.<br />
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<b>1</b><b>939</b> United States Coast Guard took over management.<br />
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The Navy again came into the history of Los Angeles Harbor Light during World War II. New construction added a degaussing station, a radio direction finding calibration unit and a barracks for the Navy personnel who worked this equipment<br />
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<b>1959</b> The 2 tone fog horn “moaning Maggie” is replaced by a single tone horn known as “Blatting Betty” Repairs Ordered to stop tilt of upper levels.<br />
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<b>1973</b> Feb 1, The Station is Automated and the last of the lightkeepers departed.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN"><b>1980</b>'s,
storms battered the lighthouse and severed the electric cable to the
lighthouse, rather than repair diesal generator was used to power the lights,
fog signal and radio beacon.</span></span><br />
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<b>1987</b> Sept, Lens is removed from the tower, the lighthouse is 1st to use solar power. A 30 lb plastic light replaces it. The fog signal range is shortened, the light now is only to reach 15nm.<br />
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<b>1989 </b>a new lens similar to the original is placed in the tower. The intensity of the light was increased because of complaints from boat owners. The green flashing light is once again a sentinel on the Californian coast<br />
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<b>1990</b> Feb, Lens is donated <a href="http://www.lamaritimemuseum.org/">Los Angeles Maritime Museum</a><br />
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<b>2009 July</b>, The Harbor Board of Commissioners formally approved lighthouse funding.<br />
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<b>2010</b> La times report that 1.8 million set aside for the restoration of the light <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Links</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCA.asp">United States Coast Guard</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sanpedro.com/sp_point/aglight.htm">San Pedro</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cr.nps.gov/Maritime/light/losangel.htm">National Park Service</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Harbor_Light">Wikipedia Angels Gate Light</a><br />
<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/27/local/la-me-outthere-20100527">La Times</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">References</span></b><br />
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1. Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses, Sharlene and Ted Nelson, 1993. <br />
2. Lighthouses of the Pacific, Jim Gibbs, 1986.<br />
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<i><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: large;"><b>Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2011</b></span></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Navy Way, San Pedro, CA 90731, USA33.708508144114411 -118.2515734434127833.708095144114409 -118.25219044341279 33.708921144114413 -118.25095644341278tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-33263524082084396402011-08-01T23:44:00.000-07:002011-08-05T13:48:47.093-07:00Point Fermin<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Location</b>: <i><a href="http://www.pointferminlighthouse.org/">Point Fermin</a></i> Lighthouse Historic Site and Museum</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">807 W. Paseo Del Mar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Pedro, CA 90731</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(310) 241-0684</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Directions</b>: From downtown <i>Los Angeles</i>, take Interstate 110 south to the end. From 110, follow <i>Gaffey St</i>. Due south to the end.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Turn left on <i>W Paseo Del M</i>ar</span>. </span>The lighthouse is in the park at the end of <i>Gaffey</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Coordinates</b>: 33°42′19″N 118°17′37″W33.7054°N 118.2937°W</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Year first lit</b>: 1874</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Active</b>: No</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Deactivated</b>: 1942</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Automated</b>: No</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Keepers dwelling:</b> The house is Stick Style, is 2 stories in height, with 12 rooms that included gabled roofs, horizontal siding, decorative cross beams and hand carved porch railings, is painted white, with a red roof, while the tower rises from the front 50 feet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Foundation</b>: Brick</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Construction</b>: Wood Frame, Stick Style Victorian lighthouse,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Other Structures</b>: 3 cisterns, concrete oil house, barn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tower shape:</b> Square Cylindrical, Italianate tower on Italianate dwelling’</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tower Height</b>: 30ft</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Focal plane:</b> 156 ft</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Original lens</b>: 4th Order Fresnel lens, dome of lantern painted red</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Range</b>: 19 miles</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Current lens:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fog Signal:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Characteristic</b>: Alternate red/white Flashes at intervals of 10s</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Admiralty</b>:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>ARLHS</b>: USA-621</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>USCG number</b>: 6-0140</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Owner</b>: city of <i>los Angeles/Point Fermin</i> lighthouse committee</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Site manager</b>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was a short road trip from <i>Point Vincente</i> to <i>Point Fermin</i>. As we drove I could see the lighthouse from the road as it was perched on a cliff facing the sea. <i>Jean</i> stopped the SUV and I got out to take a few pictures from the distance. We were in a park area, and it was built up with homes, not as isolated as I would expect a lighthouse to be. With Urban sprawl, what can you expect? I got back in the vehicle and we continued our journey to the lighthouse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We parked in a public parking lot and walked across the park to the lighthouse. A lot of people were picnicking at the time. Quite a number of children where frolicking in the park, joggers ran with iPods plugged to their head, dogs strolled along the walkways with their masters and the afternoon sun toasted the bodies of sun worshipers as they laid sprawled upon the green carpet of nature. Bushy trees lined the walkways, providing shelter for those who wanted to avoid the rays of the sun. It was still the time of the year where the lawns of the park displayed a strong hue and saturation of green, mottled by the bright colors of flowers in full bloom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We came upon the lighthouse, it exhibited the characteristic of a quaint Victorian building, it was like a gingerbread house; Surrounded by a white picket fence, and a garden with neatly trimmed hedges that reminded me of the gardens in the South of England. Most of the flowers in the garden where blooming, it was certainly picturesque. I introduced myself to the docents in the museum, a charming group of people. I picked up a few souvenirs before embarking on a tour of the lighthouse. I find it amazing what people will do to preserve our heritage. The docents gave up their free time to enrich the visitor with tours and the history of the lighthouse; I for one appreciate their service to the lighthouses and the public.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lighthouse was restored with relics and furniture from the period the lighthouse was built. What was sad that they do not allow any photographs of the interior of the lighthouse? The lighthouse did not have anything unique or any exhibits that other lighthouses did not have. I could not understand the rational of no photographs. I made the tour from room to room, making note of the similarities I had seen in other lighthouses. I wondered what my brother Eddie would say about the hand carved woodwork, he was always fascinated by the intrigued by wood work of the yesteryear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I climbed all the way to the lantern room and looked out at the sea this light had dominion over. The view was epic, I could see all the way to the Channel Islands, and in the distance Point Vincente. I was also able to see Los Angeles Harbor light.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">A yr later I made the return trip with my brother Eddie. He was impressed by its appearance and hand craftsmanship of woodworkers of yesteryear. His comment was that these artisans made thing to last. Surely he was right, the house was in good condition after 137 years standing against the elements of the sea, today we are lucky if can get any kind of structure to last 50 years.</span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was not too concerned taking images here as I was already contented with my earlier pictures. What was interesting, I met some of the docents who had direct connection with the lightkeepers/ Marta Austin was a niece of Thelma Austen, and was very talkative about her connection. She related the story how her grandmother died from hemorrhaging and how her grandfather died of a broken heart 2 months later. She was also proud of her photographs from that period of time. Another docent was the son of the last lightkeeper Jimenez. He had lived in the house for 22 years. All the docents were dressed in costumes from the period the lighthouse was first built. It all made for a pleasant afternoon. Next onto Angel’s gate.</span><br />
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<b>History</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1793</b>: The area was given its name by the British explorer <i>George Vancouver</i>, to honor <i>Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen</i> for his hospitality shown to <i>Vancouver</i> at the <i>Carmel</i> mission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1840’s</b>: The harbor at <i>San Pedro</i>, which is overlooked by<i> Point Fermin</i>, started to boom. <i>Los Angeles</i> was growing and the railroad was extending its reach to <i>San Pedro bay</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1854</b>: local businessmen, petitioned the Federal Government and the US lighthouse Board to place a lighthouse on the point. Lighthouse board approved funding, but disputes over land delayed </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1869</b>: Southern California’s 1st railroad was built, 21 mile stretch of track connecting Los Angeles with the bay.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1872</b>: <i>Point Fermin</i> is selected for a lighthouse it is a site,a bold cliff on the western side 100 ft high overlooking the Pacific Ocean. <i>Don Diego Sepulveda</i> donated 2 acres to the government<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">; <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he was offered $35 as payment for the land which he declined.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyMfuP-p0klClNttGATFbkNq6SzxjKTSSfUYmKkaPsW3W3yTwhESBdk1OfN1jcE9iSqZ-aQsiviC1F4qVsJBC8TjvRm17-GnBssoyCgHVt7VsQjN8YwaPy-xxPwsa6rKz_nDQW2aNXHQ/s1600/PointFermin-1375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyMfuP-p0klClNttGATFbkNq6SzxjKTSSfUYmKkaPsW3W3yTwhESBdk1OfN1jcE9iSqZ-aQsiviC1F4qVsJBC8TjvRm17-GnBssoyCgHVt7VsQjN8YwaPy-xxPwsa6rKz_nDQW2aNXHQ/s320/PointFermin-1375.jpg" width="255" /></a> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1874 Dec 15th,</b> shone its light for the 1st time. The oil lantern with its 4th order Fresnel lens display its majestic light to the West coast, a new <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: small;">sentinel </span>added. Paul J Petz, draftsman for USLHB designed the stick style Victorian Building, It is <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: small;">characterized </span>by its gabled roofs, horizontal siding, decorative cross beams and hand carved proch railings. <i>Miss Mary & Ella Smith</i> were the 1st Lightkeeper. <i>Mary Smith</i> lit the lamp and wound the weights that rotated the lens for the 1st time. The lighthouse was built with lumber from the Californian redwoods brought in by ship and hauled by wagons to the sage covered bluff.The planned fog signal was never built.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1882</b>: <i>Mary</i> and her sister resign, life was too lonely on the promontory. <i>Captain George Shaw</i> was hired as the new lighthouse keeper. He was a retired sea captain; he had a wife and a daughter, The daughter was born at the lighthouse.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1884</b>: lighthouse keepers where required to wear the US Lighthouse Service uniform.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1896</b>: LightKeepers were put on the Civil Service roster.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1898</b>: a petroleum vapor incandescent lamp was installed. Light changed from flashing red/white to a steady white</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><b>1901</b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">: <span style="font-size: small;">Shaw is the only resident of the lighthouse, his wife had died and his 15yr old daughter left for school in San francisco.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1904</b>: Shaw retires and Irby Engels takes over with his wife and daughter</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1917</b>: <i>Willie Austin</i>, the new lightkeeper, jointly with his spouse and 6 offspring, move into <i>Point Fermin</i> lighthouse. Austin's was to be the last keepers of Point Fermin</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1925</b>: 6,600 candlepower electric light which projected a beam 22 miles out to sea was installed. <i>Thelma Austin</i> takes over from her father; she is the last lightkeeper of <i>Point Fermin</i>. <i>Thelma</i> lost her mother to an operation and 2 months later her father to a broken heart.<i>Thelma</i> with the help of her sister Juanita took over the lighthouse duties They felt they had a sacred duty to their parents.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1927</b>: <i>Point Fermin’s</i> importance diminished with the establishment of <i>Angel’s</i> gate lighthouse. <i>Los Angeles</i> Park Department made a contract with the Lighthouse Service, allowing a park superintendent to live in the lighthouse in barter for looking after the light.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1941</b> <b>Dec 9th:</b> 2 days after <i>Pearl Harbor</i> attack all coastal lights were extinguished or dimmed as protection against Japanese attacks. The station was converted into a submarine lookout post.The lens lantern and gallery were replaced by an ugly lookout shack (chicken coop) which remained for the next 30 years. After the war the lighthouse was replaced by a light on a pole.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1942</b>: Deactivated</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1972</b>: <b>June</b>, The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The coast guard had considered razing this structure. <i>Bill Olesen</i> and <i>john Olguin</i> led a campaign to save the lighthouse.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1974: Nov 2</b>, new lantern and gallery were built by volunteers, restoring it to its original charm just in time for a centennial celebration</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2002</b>: the lighthouse receives major restoration; $2.6 million is invested in the makeover of <i>Point Fermin</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2003</b>:<b>Nov</b> <b>1</b> the Department of Recreation and Parks opened the lighthouse to the public.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2004</b>: the makeover is completed; the lighthouse had been repainted, new plumbing, electrical work, alarm systems, air conditioning, and furnishings dating back to the late 1800’s</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2005</b>: the lighthouse celebrated its 130th birthday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2006: Dec 16th</b> a homecoming for the lens. <i>Olesen</i> and <i>Olguin</i> located the Fresnel lens removed from the <i>Point Fermin</i> Lighthouse at the outbreak of World War II.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">2011: June 7</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">, <i>Point Fermin</i> is one of 12 historic lighthouses made available by the GSA to public organizations at no cost if they are willing to preserve them.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">This picture perfect lighthouse is located on a 37 acre scenic park, landscaped with colorful gardens, tree shaded lawns and a promenade, which provides panoramic views of the Channel Islands and the surrounding coast. It is the perfect location for picnics and leisurely strolls, its friendly to children and animals. The lighthouse fits pleasantly into the scene as it is snugly placed amidst a group of large palm trees</span><span class="mw-headline"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN"></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Links</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Fermin_Light"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Times New Roman;">Wikipedia</span></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><a href="http://www.pointferminlighthouse.org/">Point Fermin</a></span></span></span></span><br /><a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCA.asp">United States Coast Guard</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sanpedro.com/sp_point/ptfmlths.htm">San Pedro</a><br /><span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/maritime/light/ptfermin.htm"><span style="color: purple;">National Park Service</span></a></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">References</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. "<i>Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses</i>", Sharlene and Ted Nelson, 1993. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. "<i>Point Fermin Lighthouse</i>," Lenore Nicholson, The Keeper's Log, Winter 1987. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. "<i>Light Wait</i>," Megan Bagdonas, Daily Breeze, December 2, 2006</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. "<i>Field Guide to Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast</i>", Elinor De Wire,Voyeur Press, 2006. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. "<i>California Lighthouses in the 1920'2 and 1930's</i>",Wayne C Wheeler,Arcadia Publishing, 2006</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keywords: Point Fermin Lighthouse, Lighthouse, lighthouse pictures, Los Angeles, California, directions, location, photographs, Journal, history, San Diego, LighthousesOfCalifornia, Sean O’Cairde</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2011</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2Coastal San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA, USA33.7050194 -118.2939602000000133.6912269 -118.32509920000001 33.7188119 -118.26282120000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-79671402090331580232011-07-20T20:34:00.000-07:002011-07-20T20:35:09.914-07:00Point Vicente<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.vicentelight.org/">Point Vicente</a> <br />
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<b>Location</b>: 31501 Palos Verdes Drive West S, <br />
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275<br />
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<b>Directions</b>: From Los Angeles, travel south on Highway 1 to Palos Verdes Estates. Continue south along the coast on Palos Verdes Blvd, <span class="type12">a quarter mile south of the southern end of Hawthorne Blvd.</span>The lighthouse grounds are on a Coast Guard station and usually closed to the public, but the lighthouse can be clearly viewed from the gate and a nearby park. <br />
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<b>Coordinates</b>: 33°44′31″N 118°24′38″W33.7419°N 118.4106°W<br />
<b>Year</b> first lit: 1926<br />
<b>Active</b>: Yes<br />
<b>Deactivated</b>: No<br />
<b>Automated</b>: 1973<br />
<b>Keepers dwelling</b>: 3 keeper’s quarters,2 Stories, Mission Revival, 2 GARAGES, RADIOBEACON, OIL HOUSE W/WINDOWS<br />
<b>Foundation</b>: Concrete<br />
<b>Construction</b>: Plaster Reinforced Concrete<br />
<b>Tower shape</b>: Cylindrical<br />
<b>Tower Height</b>: 67ft<br />
<b>Focal plane:</b> 185 ft<br />
<b>Original lens</b>: 3rd order Fresnel, manufactured in France by Barbier & Bernard. 1886 range: 20 miles<br />
<b>Current lens</b>: 3rd order Fresnel<br />
<b>Fog Signal:</b> Fog Signal Building fog horn<br />
<b>Characteristic</b>: 2 white flashes every 20s<br />
<b>Admiralty</b>: G3886<br />
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<b>USCG number</b>: 6-0170<br />
<b>Owner</b>: U.S. Coast Guard<br />
<b>Site manager:</b> U.S. Coast Guard<br />
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This was an interesting trip; we left <i>San Diego</i> early morning and made our way to <i>Los Angeles</i>. Again <i>Jean</i> used her negotiating skills to book our hotel. We checked into our room and set off to find <i>Point Vincent</i>, <i>Point Fermin</i> and <i>Los Angeles harbor</i>. We had a gps system so we thought we were set. The address was plugged into the unit and we set to follow the robotic voice to our destination. We thought we were doing well, We arrived at <i>Palos</i> <i>Verdes</i> <i>Drive</i> <i>West</i> and headed north, but we missed our turn off, because the gps was silent. We trusted our gps unit, and it led us up into the <i>Los</i> <i>Verdes</i> hills.<br />
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We drove for a bit, and I had distinct feeling as we moved from the coast that we were going in the wrong direction. We stopped and I got out having a look around, we were high up in the hills and in a luxury housing estate. I could see down to the coast but could not see any sign of a lighthouse. <i>Jean</i> spotted some workers and asked if they knew of the lighthouse, they looked at us as if we were from another planet. We got back in the MDX and decided we would head for <i>Point</i> <i>Fermin</i>, and maybe from there get some guidance for the directions to <i>Point</i> <i>Vicente</i>.<br />
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<i>Jean</i> turned the SUV around and headed back down the hill, we got back to <i>Palos</i> <i>Verdes</i> <i>Dr</i> and headed south, after a few minutes <i>Point Vicente</i> Light appeared in our view, we were so close and yet so far away. It located near the interpretative center; I could have kicked myself for not paying attention to my Internet directions. We pulled into the parking lot and I retrieved my cameras. This lighthouse was closed to the public so my shots were limited to outside the fence, I will return in the future when the lighthouse is open to the public, for now I will accept my good fortune of finding this light.<br />
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Sitting out there on the south west point of <i>Palos Verdes Peninsula</i>, it looked like a postcard scenic jewel. With blue skies, lush green lawns, palm trees and an emerald ocean in the background, I am sure this is a spot for photographers and artists.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CNKzoeIa54M/TieV2UmLcZI/AAAAAAAADF0/QR5IAPneovg/s1600/PointVicente-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CNKzoeIa54M/TieV2UmLcZI/AAAAAAAADF0/QR5IAPneovg/s320/PointVicente-8.jpg" width="255" /></a>It was a year later when I returned to this lighthouse. I made it with my brother <i>Edward</i>. We set out on a Friday afternoon and after 10.5 hours we made it to <i>Los Angeles</i>. This was a trip to remember. We filled his vehicle with gas in <i>Dublin</i>, Ca. A few snacks and we were on our way. Our first obstacle was the <i>Altamont Pass</i>, it took forever to cross. Our second Obstacle was <i>Bakersfield</i>, apparently our tax dollars was hard at work. They shut down a lane, and we crawled ever so slowly past <i>Bakersfield</i>. Soon it was dark, and as we motored along Highway 5, we where flashed by passing trucks. <i>Eddie</i> pulled into the side and we examined the vehicle, only to discover that our right tail light was not working. There was nothing we could do, so gingerly continued our journey, <i>Eddie</i> would intermittently put on his emergency blinkers when other drivers would get too close. Our final obstacle was highway 405, we missed the exit and our GPS quickly got us back on route and into the standstill traffic. Around mid-night we pulled into the <i>Embassy</i> suites in <i>Segundo</i>. We headed for our room only to be greeted by a loud humming sound; I headed for the front desk and asked to be changed. The staff obliged and was surprised that I complained about the sound. Finally I had a glass of wine and retired for the night.<br />
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The next morning we arose refreshed and ready for our trip to <i>Point Vicente</i>. Again it was a little adventure getting to the lighthouse, we started off in the wrong direction as the GPS was having problems picking up a satellite signal, and we pulled into a shopping center and waited for a signal. Finally we were headed in the right direction. About 15 mins later we were at <i>Point Vicente</i>. I retrieved my camera bag and headed into the light station. At the front gate, we were greeted by a coast guard person, he looked like he was only a child, and maybe he was a cadet.<br />
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I was glad at the opportunity to make my around the grounds, I tried to take as many pictures from different perspectives, I entered the lighthouse and made way to the top. It was hot inside the tower; at the top the lantern was still operational, I watched as the mechanical mechanism from the past made its rotations, a big lens with is well maintained prisms, in its cast brass frame being rotated by a small motor at its base. It’s a credit to USCG for the maintenance of this lens. I retreated from the tower and spent awhile more in the grounds, I was happy I made this journey and another entry to my journal as I continue my “Journey to the Light”, next A return trip to <i>Point</i> <i>Fermin</i>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">History</span></b><br />
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<b>1790</b>: Captain <i>George Vancouver</i>, an officer of the British Royal Navy. Aboard his 90 ft sloop “<i>Discovery</i>”, he charted North America’s <i>Pacific coast</i> region for <i>England</i>. He named the Point after <i>Friar Vicente of Buenaventura Mission</i>, who was friendly to him on his expedition.<br />
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<b>1916</b>: In response to a petition from ships masters Congress appropriated $80,000 for a light and fog signal.<br />
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<b>1922</b>: The site on the point was fully acquired; it was a site on 130ft cliff <i>Palos Verdas</i><br />
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<b>1925</b>: June 20, the fog signal was activated, 3 keepers dwelling and outbuildings completed. The fog horn could be heard upto a distance of 3 miles<br />
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<b>1926: May 1st</b>, 1000 watt bulb focused through a 3rd order Fresnel lens could be seen for the first time. Its range was over 20 miles; the lens is made up of hand-ground prisms held in place by a cast brass frame. It was transferred from a light station in <i>Alaska</i> after 40 years of service; The 67 ft cylindrical, masonry light tower perched on 130 ft cliff at <i>Point Vicente</i> serves as a coastal beacon and a guide to vessels navigating the entrance to <i>San Pedro Harbor</i>. It has the distinction of being one the last lighthouses constructed on the west coast. It shares that feature with <i>Point Diablo</i> Light, constructed in 1923, and the <i>Long Beach Light</i>, which built in 1949. Similar in design to the lighthouse on Anacapa Island.<br />
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Continue reading on Examiner.com: <a href="http://www.examiner.com/lighthouses-in-los-angeles/point-vicente-lighthouse#ixzz1Mf7RIBKe">Point Vicente Lighthouse - Los Angeles lighthouses </a><br />
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<b>1934</b>: Radio station & Navigation Beacon added<br />
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<b>1939</b>: Lighthouse is transferred to <i>US Coast Guard</i><br />
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<b>1940’s</b>: During World War II, the peninsula was guarded by heavy fortified weapon emplacements of <i>Fort MacArthur</i>. The light was dimmed, a 25 watt light replaced the 1000 watt light, and the windows where covered with black out curtains. The military did not want the lighthouse to used as an navigation aid to the Japanese. After the war, the 1000 watt light was returned to the lantern room, the restored beam became a nuisance to the neighbors and a hazard to motorists, the interior of the lantern room windows was painted a pearly white on the side facing inland, to avoid the complaints of its neighbors and motorists over the bright rotating flashes into homes and blinding drivers at night. This effort produced an illusion from the light of the rotating lens, of a woman pacing the tower's walkway and gave rise to <i>Point Vicente's "Lady of the Light</i>," the wife of a light-keeper who stumbled from the edge of a cliff,another lighthouse ghost story said the ghost was the spirit of a woman who leaped into the sea when her lover was lost in a shipwreck off the point. A heavier coat of paint ended the lady’s nightly prance around the tower but the stories persist. <br />
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<b>1942</b>: Radio distress monitoring capability was added.<br />
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<b>1971</b>: The Lighthouse was manned until automated equipment and remote control operators took.<br />
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<b>1979: November 17</b>, <i>Point Vicente</i> Lighthouse was added to the National Registry of Historic Sites. <br />
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<b>1980</b>: The last radioman locked the doors. For many years, Coast Guard radiomen at <i>Point Vicente</i> monitored the international distress frequencies, ready to help any vessel in need. The task was transferred to another station. The radio station buildings are still existing, and the radio equipment is outdated. The current keeper "Lighthouse Keeper" <i>Eric Castrobran</i>, USCG Auxiliary<br />
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Today <i>Point Vicente</i> Light emits it's beacon across the <i>Catalina Channel</i>. Electronic sensors and automated controls activate the fog horn and replaced most of the light keepers duties. Far from being abandoned, the housing facility is home to regular Coast Guard personnel assigned to nearby ships, stations and offices. The radio station is manned by Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteers who are responsible for the maintenance lighthouse in addition to tracking distress calls from boaters in the Catalina Channel, and auxiliary aircraft patrolling offshore waters on weekends. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Links</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.palosverdes.com/pvlight/">Palos Verdes</a><br />
<a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCA.asp">Coast Guard Lighthouse</a><br />
<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1758821476">Inventory of Historic Light Stations</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cr.nps.gov/Maritime/light/vicente.htm">California Lighthouses</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Vicente_Light">Wikipedia Point Vicente Light</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">References</span></b><br />
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1. Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses, Sharlene and Ted Nelson, 1993. <br />
2. Point Vicente Lighthouse pamphlet<br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: black; font-size: large;">Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2011</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com031501 Palos Verdes Dr S, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275, USA33.741497586397877 -118.4106123447418233.740672586397878 -118.41184634474182 33.742322586397876 -118.40937834474182tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-32733889718172200792011-05-27T12:59:00.000-07:002011-05-27T12:59:38.745-07:00Pelican Point (Point Loma Lighthouse)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BPs66ikonqQ/Td_2FAnXuxI/AAAAAAAADCM/Mf0n3SROcsY/s1600/PelicanPoint-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BPs66ikonqQ/Td_2FAnXuxI/AAAAAAAADCM/Mf0n3SROcsY/s320/PelicanPoint-3.jpg" t8="true" width="320px" /></a></div>Pelican Point <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Loma_Light_(new)">(Point Loma Lighthouse</a>)<br />
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<strong>Location</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrillo_National_Monument">Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California</a>, At the bottom of the Point Loma Peninsula and across the bay from downtown San Diego.<br />
<strong>Directions</strong>: From I-5 South or I-8 West, take the exit for Rosecrans/Highway 209. Stay on Rosecrans into Point Loma, turn right onto Canon Street. Follow Canon Street to the end, take a left onto Catalina Boulevard (Also known as Cabrillo Monument Drive) and follow to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrillo_National_Monument">Cabrillo National Monument</a>, which is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. follow the road leading to the park's tide pools.<br />
<strong>Coordinates</strong>: 32° 39′ 54.36″ N, 117° 14′ 32.96″ W<br />
<strong>Year first lit</strong>: 1891, Mar 23<br />
<strong>Active</strong>: Yes<br />
<strong>Deactivated</strong>: No<br />
<strong>Automated</strong>: Yes<br />
<strong>Keepers dwelling</strong>: 2 detached keepers’ white, clapboard Mission Revival-style<br />
<strong>structures</strong>.<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong>: concrete<br />
<strong>Construction</strong>: skeletal pyramidal<br />
<strong>Tower shape</strong>: cylindrical/tubular<br />
<strong>Tower Height</strong>: 70 ft<br />
<strong>Focal plane</strong>: 88 ft<br />
<strong>Original lens</strong>: 3rd order Fresnel lens<br />
<strong>Current lens</strong>: a modern optic VRB-25 Vega Beacon<br />
<strong>Fog Signal</strong>: a powerful compressed-air fog siren was installed. Driven by oil engines, it emitted a three-second blast followed by 17 seconds of silence, replaced by a two-tone diaphone fog signal<br />
<strong>Characteristic</strong>: white flash every 15 s.<br />
<strong>Admiralty</strong> <strong>number</strong>: G3676<br />
<strong>ARLHS number</strong>: USA-626<br />
<strong>USCG number</strong>: 6-0005<br />
<strong>Owner</strong>: Coast Guard<br />
<strong>Site manager</strong>: Coast Guard<br />
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<em>San Diego</em> is definitely one of those tourist cities, Boardwalks, shops, street vendors, restaurants, blue skies and a laid back atmosphere. It was Sunday, after lunch and a stroll along <em>Seaport</em> village we headed off to <em>Cabrillo Park</em>. It was not hard to get to, just a short run from the hotel. When we got to the Park, we paid a few dollars to park and took our time to find an ideal parking spot. Not too many people where visiting. I had my cameras ready for action. My primary camera was the 5d with a 24-105mm lens. I also had a 7D with a 70-200mm ready. <em>Jean</em> had made her way to the sights and left me to enjoy my photography.<br />
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The air was fresh and we where high above the city. With clear blues skies we had a great view of the air force base, <em>San Diego City</em> and the Bay. This peninsula was certainly guarding the entrance to the harbor. One of my first photographs was of the cactus, just above it, perched like a gull on a cliff top was old point Loma lighthouse. It proudly displayed its glory of yester year. I eliminated all current day distractions as I tried to take the picture. I was wondering how I could make this different, and I realized it’s in the eye of the beholder. This is about the past and history of these sentinels, their location and isolation. These structures housed men and women with their families and together guided vessels through treacherous waters to safety.<br />
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We drove down to the new Point Loma lighthouse, the Lighthouse area is not accessible because its still controlled by the Coast Guard. I had to overcome the obstacle of the wired fence, to get my pictures; it definitely appeared to be scenic as it was surrounded by tall palm trees. I did not spend too long here as my options where limited. So I took a few more pictures of <em>old Point Loma</em> from below. I wondered what Lightkeeper <em>Israel</em> thought as he looked up at his former home. Did he miss his former home?.<br />
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Contemplation: Why do I take pictures of lighthouses, why spend a lot of time on the quest for the Journey towards the light. Its part spiritual and part a love for this country. I visualize the lighthouse as the Land of the USA, a beacon to the world lost in a foray of religious, political and environmental correctness. Alone and brave, constant in her efforts to protect those in trouble, oppressed by foreign regimes casting lightning bolts of hatred at those seeking liberty in a fog of despair; She weathers out the storms of troubled lands and peoples. Her lightkeepers are the founding fathers and her beacon the constitution upon which she stands. She is supported by those who are willing to stand alone against criticisms, to brave the storms, to make sure that guiding light still shines. They are not looking for government handouts and bailouts, at a cost they stand against the lashing waves of injustice and offer hope to those who are tossed about in a tumultuous sea of uncertainty. <br />
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On the spiritual side, it’s about <em>Jesus</em>; He said “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness. He is the solid rock upon whom we stand. He takes the accusations made against us and bears them in His body. I see the tower of the Father, the Light of <em>Jesus</em>, and the oil of the Holy Spirit. In the keepers, His disciples, working tirelessly to make sure the light is kept burning. By prayer and fasting, is the oil primed, by self sacrifice is the beacon shined upon tossing waves, and faith of steadfastness is the tower strengthened against the storms. Father, Son and Holy Ghost all three working as one to rescue drowning men, to find lost souls, to guide the weak, and relive the oppressed, down through the centuries they have labored inspiring frail men to step into the fray and follow their Lord.<br />
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It’s such thoughts that follow me as I photograph lighthouses, such thoughts that cross my mind as I try to capture the essence of a life that is now gone, an era, that no longer exists. An era no one remembers anymore, and it was only yesterday.<br />
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The lofty position of the <em>old Point Loma light</em>, however, proved to be its eventual downfall as an aid to navigation. It was found that high fogs often obscured the light while the coast line just below was clearly visible. <br />
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<strong>1889</strong> Congress appropriated $30,000 for reestablishment of the Point Loma light on Pelican Point the lower site.<br />
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<strong>1889</strong>, August 21, bids for the construction of the new lighthouse were opened, and work was soon begun. <br />
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<strong>1889</strong>: September, Building materials for the construction of 2 Victorian cottages arrive at the point.<br />
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<strong>1890</strong>: July 5, the 37 ½ tons of iron skeletal tower arrived in <em>San Diego</em> from <em>Trenton</em>, <em>New</em> <em>Jersey</em>. The tower was constructed by <em>Phoenix Iron works of Trenton</em>. The tower arrived at the point July 16th. Horse drawn wagons was used for the delivery,<br />
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<strong>1890</strong>: Aug, 25ft square, 14ft deep concrete structure was ready to receive the structure.<br />
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<em><strong>1890</strong></em>: Oct 20, the supplied lens was too large for the lantern room.<br />
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<strong>1891</strong>: Feb3, The replacement was a barrel-shaped optic that remains in Point Loma’s tower today – a 3rd order Fresnel lens – arrived from San Francisco aboard the steamer Corona. It was hauled to the station on board an 8 horse drawn wagon. The cost was about $4000. It had 12 glass prism panels, which contained a bulls-eye. The lamp was kerosene with 3 concentric, tubular wicks; panes of red glass were suspended in front of every other lens panel, which gave it the red/white flash characteristic. 3 gallons of oil a night was used to power 60,000 candle power.<br />
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1891: Mar 23, the new light shone its beacon at a lower elevation, the final hour of the old Point Loma light was at hand, the old tower is extinguished. The community celebrated with a sailing party and a moonlight picnic.<br />
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1892: Jan, Israel career as lightkeeper ended. He is replaced by George Patrick Brennan. Brennan had 8 children, 5 boys and 3 girls. Cooking was done on coal stoves. Much excitement lies on the escapades of Brennan’s kids getting to the local schools, and the supplies coming onshore from the lighthousetender Madrono.<br />
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<strong>1909</strong>: Electric Cables were laid across San Diego Bay.<br />
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<strong>1911</strong>: Telephones installed.<br />
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<strong>1912</strong>: A new incandescent oil-vapor light is installed, it uses 1 gallon of oil to produce 120,000 candlepower of light. The red glass panes had been removed because of the weaker red flash, and the light’s characteristic changed from 1 red/white flash every 20 seconds to 1 white flash every 15 seconds.<br />
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<strong>1913</strong>: a fog signal is installed; it’s a compressed-air fog distress signal. Powered by oil engines, it made a 3-second blast followed by 17 seconds of silence, The engine house was constructed near the base of the light tower to protect the new apparatus, and a 3rd keeper was employed. His dwelling had been added to the light station the year before.<br />
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<strong>1924</strong>: Electricity requested for the lighthouse by the superintendent of lighthouses.<br />
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<strong>1926</strong>: Lighthouse wire for electricity.<br />
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<strong>1933</strong>: A 500 watt bulb was lit by electric current, 200,000 candlepower exhibited a 15 sec flash, 1.5 secs beam, followed by 13.5 secs of darkness. Fog signal was changed to a diaphone<br />
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<strong>1936</strong>: A radio beacon installed in the engine house, was synchronized with the diaphone to give bearings and distance during bad weather.<br />
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<strong>1973</strong>: Light is fully Automated, its modern optic is a VRB-25 Vega Beacon.<br />
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<strong>2002</strong>: Lens removed from the tower and placed in storage<br />
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<strong>2004</strong>: lens is restored and placed on display in <em>Old Point Loma</em><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Links</span></strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/55october/lower.htm">San Diego History</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.nps.gov/cabr/historyculture/old-point-loma-lighthouse.htm">National Park Service</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Loma_Light_(old)">WikiPedia</a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">References</span></strong><br />
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1. <em>The New Point Loma Lighthouse</em>, Karen Wagner Scanlon, <a href="http://www.uslhs.org/">The Keeper's Log</a>, Winter 2002.<br />
2. <em>California Lighthouse life</em>,Wayne C Wheeler,United States Lighthouse society Arcdia,2006,pp 10<br />
3.<em> Lighthouses of the Pacific</em> Coast,Elinor De Wire,Voyageur Press,2006,pp 36<br />
4.<em> Lighthouses of California</em>,Bruce Roberts an Ray Jones,Globe Piquot Press,2005,pp12<br />
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5. <em>Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses</em>, Sharlene and Ted Nelson, 1993. pp 11-13<br />
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Keywords: Point Loma Lighthouse, Pelican Point, Lighthouse, lighthouse pictures, California, directions, location, photographs, Journal, history, San Diego, LighthousesOfCalifornia, Sean O’CairdeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1NSC San Diego, Point Loma Annex, San Diego, CA 92106, USA32.66509455016822 -117.2426582288055732.641012050168221 -117.25396522880557 32.689177050168219 -117.23135122880556tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-19051992630442686392011-05-07T16:05:00.000-07:002011-05-07T16:05:19.124-07:00Point Loma Lighthouse<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tWkG9M2w7RA/TcXMEbyDb4I/AAAAAAAAC_U/0qU5e2ckbv0/s1600/PointLoma-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255px" j8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tWkG9M2w7RA/TcXMEbyDb4I/AAAAAAAAC_U/0qU5e2ckbv0/s320/PointLoma-10.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
<strong>Location</strong>:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrillo_National_Monument"> <em>Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego</em></a>, <em>California</em>, At the tip of the <em>Point Loma Peninsula</em> and across the bay from downtown <em>San Diego</em>.<br />
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<strong>Directions</strong>: From I-5 South or I-8 West, take the exit for <em>Rosecrans/Highway</em> 209. Stay on <em>Rosecrans</em> into <em>Point Loma</em>, turn right onto <em>Canon Street</em>. Follow <em>Canon Street</em> to the end, take a left onto <em>Catalina Boulevard</em> (Also known as <em>Cabrillo Monument Drive</em>) and follow to<a href="http://www.nps.gov/cabr"> <em>Cabrillo National Monu</em></a><em>ment,</em> which is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. <br />
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<strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system">Coordinates</a></strong>: 32° 40′ 18″ N, 117° 14′ 27″ W32.671667, -117.240833<br />
<strong>Year first lit:</strong> 1855, November 15<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Active</strong>: No</div><strong>Deactivated:</strong> 1891, March 23,<br />
<strong>Automated</strong>: No<br />
<strong>Keepers dwelling</strong>: 1 1/2 story, Cape Cod style, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">dwelling </span>with an inner, spiral staircase leading to the lantern room, sandstone on cobble.<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong>: Natural/Emplaced<br />
<strong>Construction</strong>: Brick<br />
<strong>Tower shape:</strong> Conical<br />
<strong>Tower Height:</strong> 46 feet <br />
<strong>Focal plane</strong>: 462 feet<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Original lens:</strong> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens">3rd order Fresnel lens</a>, sperm oil, colza, lard oil, kerosene. <em>Sautter & Co., Paris, France</em></div><strong>Current lens</strong>: third-order lens from the <em>Mile Rocks</em> Lighthouse, on display.<br />
<strong>Fog Signal</strong>: No<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, Keeper used a shotgun during fog</span><br />
<strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_characteristic">Characteristic</a></strong>: alternating red and white flash with a 1 minute interval between flashes<br />
<strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Hydrographic_Office">Admiralty number</a>:</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_Radio_Lighthouse_Society">ARLHS number</a></strong>: USA-627<br />
<strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard">USCG number</a></strong>:<br />
<strong>Owner</strong>: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE<br />
<strong>Site manager:</strong> NATIONAL PARK SERVICE<br />
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It was late in the afternoon when Jean and I arrived in <em>San Diego</em>. <em>Jean</em> booked us into the <em>Embassy Suites</em>; we unpacked our bags and refreshed our dreary bodies from the long drive. The drive is taxing no matter how fine the weather or how comfortable the vehicle is. Later in the day, with renewed energy we set out to tour the downtown area of <em>San Diego</em>. Just a short stroll from our hotel, we where on the picturesque walkways of <em>San Diego's Seaport Village</em>. As always the weather in <em>San Diego</em> was sunny, mild and great for strolling. The park area we walked in, is neither a harbor port nor a rural village, but a large tourist shopping mall on waterfront property. Strolling along the promenade reminded me of the vacation I had in the South of France, where people knew how to enjoy life at a leisurely pace.<br />
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It was late in the evening, and I enjoyed the promenade view, with horse drawn carriages and a beautiful moon hanging ever so lazily above our heads. We sauntered along the footpath at a snails pace recalling our day in Santa Barbara, the drive on the freeway and jeans negotiating skills getting the hotel for a good price. This was our second hotel we had not booked ahead of time. It added to the excitement of our vacation. We stopped at <a href="http://www.bustersbeachhouse.com/html/bbhsdframeset.html"><em>Busters Beach house</em></a> and dined. The ambiance was casual, and the menu had lots of easy to order items, something for everyone to eat. It’s worthwhile to visit with a family that has a wide variety of tastes. We spent the remainder of the evening looking out at the bay views, observing other fellow tourists hiring the horse drawn carriages and sipping on a glass or two of wine, before retiring for the night.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Next day, sun was shining, we arose late in the day around 10 am. We had planned on heading to <em>Cabrillo Park,</em> where <em>Point Loma</em> lighthouse is located. But first we wanted to spend some more time in <em>Seaport Village</em>. We wandered near the carousal, observed face painting of kids, and a balloon artist twisting or contorting magical shapes for little children who where amazed at his wondrous skill. The bay and harbor looked golden and magical against the beautiful blue skies, as we listened to the background music of entertainers, sometimes taking a seat in the grass to listen and observe the activity going on around us. At one stage <em>Jean</em> approached a fortune teller to inform her that what she was doing was fake, and the only real Truth was in Jesus. I laid back on the grass and closed my eyes, and <em>Jean</em> made her way around the open air stalls, she eventually bought herself a new pair of sunglasses.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Eventually I made my way to the lighthouse, it looked majestic as it sat upon its high and lofty place, overlooking the entrance to <em>San Diego Harbor</em>. I climbed the stairs, walked around the lighthouse, looked for ways to take my shots without too much reflection from the separating window panes. I stood & waited patiently until people got out of my view finder. I got my shots, would like to be here for the sunrise and sunset shots. Still it was a peek back in time, and I could see the spot of <em>Point Ballast</em> and also the newer <em>Point Loma</em>. I circled the outside of the lighthouse and continued to shoot and take a little time to soak on the spectacular views. When I exhausted myself shooting we headed down to the site of the new <em>Point Loma.</em><br />
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The Story continues on <em>Point Loma</em> (new)<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">History</span></strong><br />
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The name <em>Loma</em> comes from a legend of a flaxen hair Russian girl sole survivor of a ship wreck. Adopted by the local residents, she was later killed by a rejected suitor, who met his faith in knife fight, and both fell to their deaths on the rocks of the sea. So it was that the Point was named after this girl. This is a purely romantic legend. The original name was “<em>La Punta de la Loma de San Diego</em>”: Hill point of San Diego.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LfQjgaQ39Ro/TcXN3M1ClfI/AAAAAAAAC_k/8O388oHIyDc/s1600/PointLoma-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LfQjgaQ39Ro/TcXN3M1ClfI/AAAAAAAAC_k/8O388oHIyDc/s320/PointLoma-11.jpg" width="255px" /></a></div><strong>1542: September 28,</strong> Point Loma was first discovered by Europeans, Portuguese navigator <em>Juan</em> <em>Rodríguez</em> <em>Cabrillo</em> commissioned by the new Viceroy of New Spain explored the west coast of the United States. He left Mexico and it’s believed he docked his flagship<em> </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Salvador"><em>San Salvador</em></a><em>,</em> on <em>Point Loma’s</em> east shore, probably at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballast_Point_Light">Ballast Point</a>. This was the first landing by a European in California; Point Loma has been described as “where California began”.[<br />
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<strong>1701</strong>: During California's Spanish era, rumor has it; the local settlers built signal fires at <em>Point Loma</em> to guide supply ships into the harbor.<br />
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<strong>1848</strong>: Discovery of Gold at <em>Sutter’s Mill</em> increased ship traffic on California’s coast, prompting the need for the construction of lighthouses. When the US gained control of California, the government chose <em>Point Loma</em> as one of the first sites on the California coast to receive a navigational aid. <br />
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<strong>1850: September 28</strong>, Congress appropriated $90,000 for the construction of lighthouses at strategic points along the coast and near the entrance to important harbors. This series of early lighthouses included lights on <em>Alcatraz Island, Point Conception, Battery Point, Farallon Island, Point Pinos</em> and <em>Point Loma.</em> Of these, the <em>Point Loma</em> light was the last to be finished.<br />
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<strong>1851</strong>: U.S Coastal Survey selected the summit <em>Point Loma</em> for the Lighthouse, a tapered finger of land forming the western boundary of <em>San Diego's</em> harbor and shielding it from the <em>Pacific</em> Ocean, 10 miles from Old Town.<br />
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<strong>1854: April 7</strong>, the schooner <em>Vaquero</em> arrived in <em>San Diego</em> with the building supplies,cement,lime and lumber. The firm of <em>Gibbons</em> and <em>Kelly</em> from <em>Baltimore</em> began construction, <em>Point Loma</em> construction began the last of the 8 lighthouses for California. First a road had to be built from the harbor up a steep hill to the point. Then workers quarried sandstone for the building from the hillside, and salvaged bricks and floor tiles from the ruins of the old Spanish fort <em>Guijarros</em> at Ballast Point for the tower and basement floor. Water, needed for the mortar, had to be hauled 7 miles. A rolled tin roof, a brick tower, and an iron and brass housing for the light topped the squat, thick-walled building, in the <em>cape</em> <em>cod</em> style, a one and a half story dwelling with a central, spiral staircase leading to the lantern room perched atop the structure.<br />
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<strong>1854, August</strong>, The lighthouse was finished. Delays in acquiring a appropriate lens postponed the lighting for more than a year. The Lighthouse Board had started to use the Fresnel lens, developed in France, the tower was initially designed to house an <em>Argand </em>light, The tower had to be adapted to accommodate the Fresnel lens, and the mason, <em>Harvey</em> <em>Ladd</em>, from the Mormon Battalion, was hired to do the rework. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DrQPgpPtHnw/TcXONU_o2_I/AAAAAAAAC_s/s5LDMCuaqoQ/s1600/PointLoma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255px" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DrQPgpPtHnw/TcXONU_o2_I/AAAAAAAAC_s/s5LDMCuaqoQ/s320/PointLoma.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div>The lighthouse was originally to receive a 1st order Fresnel lens, but the tower was too small to accommodate the lens. Instead, a fixed 3rd order lens intended for <em>Humboldt</em> <em>Bay</em> was installed at <em>Point</em> <em>Loma</em>, and the 1st order lens was installed at <em>Cape</em> <em>Flattery</em> in <em>Washington</em> State. The cost was $30,000, a small fortune at the time.<br />
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<strong>1855: Nov 15</strong>, James Keating the 1st lightkeeper lit the lamp, the light from the 3rd Order Fresnel lens flashed its beaconed light out to sea for the first time. Point Loma was the 1st lighthouse in Southern Ca. At the time the highest lighthouse in the country, was reportedly spotted by a ship thirty-nine miles at sea. This report must have actually been a reflection of the light from clouds as physics limits the distance at which a direct beam of light could be seen from Point Loma to less than 30 miles, Its cost had doubled from $15,000 to $30,000. A head lightkeeper and his assistant had to split the four-room dwelling. <br />
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However, the fog which frequently rolled in from the Pacific at a height of a few hundred feet often obscured the light completely. Like several of California's early lights, the active light would eventually be relocated below the fog line. <br />
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Staffing at Old Point Loma was problematic. The pay was low, the site was isolated, and the station was cramped. The building's 4 rooms housed the keeper, assistant keeper, and their families until the woodshed was converted to 2 rooms in 1876. As a result, 11 principal keepers and 22 assistant keepers served at the original light from 1855 to 1891, when the light was extinguished. <br />
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<strong>1871: June 2</strong> Capt <em>Robert Decatur Israel</em> was appointed Assistant Lighthouse keeper<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_NTlbNaIYo/TcXObvqMKRI/AAAAAAAAC_w/2RVpFddiW_8/s1600/PointLoma-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_NTlbNaIYo/TcXObvqMKRI/AAAAAAAAC_w/2RVpFddiW_8/s320/PointLoma-6.jpg" width="255px" /></a></div>Originally from <em>Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Robert</em> was orderly sergeant in the army during the Mexican War, , in the Second Division, in the Rifles, and, after his service, settled in <em>San Diego</em>, where he married <em>Maria Arcadia Machado de Alipas</em>, a member of an old <em>San Diego</em> family. He served as policeman and jailor in the early 50's, in 1858 was Justice of the peace, and in 1865 school trustee. Keeper <em>Israel</em> served for 20 years at the <em>Old Point Loma</em> Lighthouse and during three of those years his wife served as Assistant Keeper. His wife <em>Maria</em>, planted flowers and vegetables near the light, crafted wall hangings of shells, and also served as assistant keeper for a time. His sons often acted as lookouts for whalers and ships, they signaled the harbor by running table clothes up the flag pole, red for ships, white for whales.<br />
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<strong>1874</strong>: Capt <em>Israel</em> promoted to Head Keeper, <em>Maria Israel</em> assistant keeper. For the next 18 yrs the lighthouse was home to 3 boys and a niece, with 3 horses, chickens, pigs and goats.<br />
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<strong>1875</strong>, a barn was constructed, the oil and wood storehouse was converted into a 2-room apartment for the assistant keeper. The basement of the lighthouse held a small cistern, which through a series of pipes, collected the rain that fell on the roof. This small supply was inadequate for the station, and the keepers were forced to travel 7 miles one-way to fill large barrels at the nearest well. A large, concrete water catchment basin was built on the east side of the lighthouse, which fed into 2 subterranean cisterns. Still, in dry years, an occasional trip to the well necessary. <br />
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For many years, the lighthouse displayed a fixed white light, but with the growth of the city of San Diego other white lights were soon seen in the area and a more distinctive characteristic was needed. <br />
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The sandstone walls of the lighthouse were left in a natural state, until by the 1870s deterioration was noted in the exposed stone. The southern and western walls, those most exposed to the onshore weather patterns, were covered with a heavy coat of cement-mortar followed by two coats of stone-colored paint. Later, all the walls would be covered, <br />
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<strong>1889, April 1,</strong> the characteristic of the light was changed to an alternating red and white flash with a 1 minute interval between flashes. Rather than replace the fixed lens, flash panels were placed inside the lens. The panels consisted of a pane of clear glass opposite a pane of red glass, and were rotated using weight driven clockworks. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ggaVsZ4Dm5I/TcXOzqte0KI/AAAAAAAAC_8/_iKPQNana1o/s1600/PointLoma-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ggaVsZ4Dm5I/TcXOzqte0KI/AAAAAAAAC_8/_iKPQNana1o/s320/PointLoma-3.jpg" width="255px" /></a></div><strong>1891: Mar 23</strong>, after just 36 years of service, Lighthouse was deactivated. The light's lofty perch on the point meant it was often shrouded in fog, rendering it useless to mariners. and the light from the newly constructed metal tower at the foot of <em>Point Loma</em> was first exhibited. the <em>Israel</em> family moved to the new lighthouse, where <em>Robert</em> served as keeper for one year, before quitting after an argument with authorities. <br />
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After the lighthouse was deactivated, it soon fell into disrepair. Its windows were broken out, the lantern room’s metal roof was stripped off, and the basement was used as a comfort station. <br />
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<strong>1890's</strong>, the original <em>Point Loma</em> light was replaced by a pair of lights.<br />
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<strong>1890</strong>, <em>Ballast Point</em> opened as a harbor light. <br />
<strong>1891</strong>, a new light was erected at a lower elevation on the southern tip of <em>Point Loma</em>. The new tower - a cylindrical tower with metal scaffolding - housed a 3rd order Fresnel lens.<br />
<strong>1913</strong>: President <em>Wilson</em> sets aside the old lighthouse as a national monument.<br />
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the <em>Order of Panama</em>, a group dedicated to commemorating <em>California’s</em> Spanish heritage, proposed erecting a 150-foot-tall statue of <em>Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo</em> on <em>Point Loma</em> to honor his discovery of the area in 1542. The dilapidated lighthouse was to be torn down and replaced by the statue. Funding was not available and the plan was scrapped, the <em>Order of Panama</em> dissolved. However, as a result of their plan, 1/2 acre around the lighthouse was set aside as <em>Cabrillo National Monument</em> by Presidential Proclamation. <br />
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In the meantime, the original building languished. The site fell victim to souvenir hunters, vandals, and neglect. The assistant keeper's dwelling and other auxiliary buildings were lost. <br />
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<strong>1935:</strong> Lighthouse structure was restored to its original condition , the metal lantern room had been rebuilt. A concessionaire lived in the lighthouse, offering tours of the building and operating a tea room in southern room on the main floor. <br />
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<strong>1941 </strong>With the outbreak of war, gun batteries and submarine spotters were placed on <em>Point Loma's</em> strategic summit. The lighthouse was painted camouflage green during the war, and was used as a signal tower to direct ships into <em>San Diego Harbor.</em> Ships approaching the harbor flashed a code, which if correct caused the submarine nets stretched across the harbor's mouth to be lowered.<br />
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<strong>1946</strong>: The lighthouse was restored to the park service, and restoration began. <br />
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<strong>1955</strong>: A 4th order lens from <em>Table Bluff</em> light in <em>Humboldt Bay</em> was installed in , during the lighthouse's 100th anniversary. In the<em> San Diego Chamber of Commerce</em>, the light was erroneously referred to as "The old Spanish Lighthouse." In fact, the only Spanish connection were the old tiles from the Spanish fort. <br />
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<strong>1980s</strong>, the lighthouse was meticulously restored and filled with period furnishings to resemble its state when<em> Robert Israel</em> locked the lighthouse door and moved his family to the new lighthouse. The visitor's center at the monument has exhibits covering <em>Cabrillo's</em> discovery of <em>San Diego Bay</em> and local marine life. The area around the lighthouse offers excellent views of San Diego Bay, San Diego's skyline, and grey whales making their annual migration to and from Baja California. <br />
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<strong>1981: May,</strong> Lens returned to Coast Guard. 3rd order Fresnel lens (from <em>Mile Rock</em> Light) loaned to Cabrillo National Monument. The lantern room currently houses the 3rd lens from the Mile Rocks Lighthouse. <br />
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<strong>1983-1984</strong> Further restoration took place in , and Today, a statue of Cabrillo stands at Point Loma but is considerably smaller than the original plans, and was placed near the visitor's center. <br />
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<strong>1984</strong>: The light was re-lit by the National Park Service,David Israel, great-grandson of keeper Robert Israel, relit the light. The lens is lit in the evenings, and is visible from the Bay side only, so the light (which is no longer officially active) will not confuse ships. <br />
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<strong>2003-2004,</strong> the area around the lighthouse was significantly changed to more resemble its appearance when the Point Loma Lighthouse was in service. An assistant keeper's dwelling, which is now home to displays on the lighthouse along with the third-order Fresnel lens from the New Point Loma Lighthouse and the fourth-order lens from the Ballast Point Lighthouse, was constructed near the lighthouse where it originally stood. The cement water catchment basin, which funnels rainwater into the cistern, was also reconstructed on the slope east of the old lighthouse. These additions might distract some from the lighthouse, but they will help the visitor more fully understand a keeper's life during the late 1800s. <br />
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<strong>1966</strong>: As Point Loma grew as a tourist attraction, the facility around the old light was further developed. A visitor's center, auditorium, exhibit building and administrative building were completed. <br />
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<strong>2001</strong>: The fourth order lens was replaced by a third order lens.<br />
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<strong>2002:</strong> December , after 111 years, the Fresnel lens was removed from the New Point Loma lantern room. The lens is displayed in the replica assistant keeper's cottage by the Old Point Loma light<strong>. </strong><br />
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<strong>2005</strong>: the National Park Service announced an ambitious plan to restore the site to its appearance in the 1880's, and then the Israel family lived at the station. Plans included removal of the asphalt road surrounding the station, and construction of a replica of the assistant keeper's residence on the site of the old residence, for use as a museum. <br />
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<strong>2006</strong>: The lighthouse itself is undergoing $119,000 of restoration work. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Links</strong></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/67july/light.htm">San Diego History</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nps.gov/cabr/historyculture/old-point-loma-lighthouse.htm">National Park Service</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Loma_Light_(old)">WikiPedia</a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">References</span></strong><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. <em>The Old Point Loma Lighthouse</em>, F. Ross Holland, 1968. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. <em>Lighthouses of the Pacific coast,</em> Elinor De Wire, Voyageur Press, 2006. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3.<em> Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses (2nd ed.),</em> Nelson pp. 2-6</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4.<em> Four Sentinels: The Story of San Diego's Lighthouses</em>, Moeser pp. 12-20</div>5.<em>Lighthouses of</em> <em>California </em>, Roberts and Jones pp. 10-11<br />
6. <em>Legendary Lighthouses</em>, Grant and Jones p. 136-137<br />
7. <em>The Old Lighthouse at Point Loma (flyer)</em><br />
8. <em>Cabrillo Journal Summer/Fall 2001</em><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">9. <em>The Keeper's Log Spring 2003, Spring 2005</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">10. <em>Lighthouse Digest March 2006</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<strong>Location</strong>: <em>Santa Barbara Harbor</em>, California. The current light is on a bluff inside a fenced Coast Guard compound with housing and a playground.<br />
<strong>Directions</strong>: visible from <em>Shoreline Drive</em> and the <em>La Mesa Park</em> pedestrian bridge From Highway 101 in <em>Santa Barbara</em>, take the <em>Carrillo Street exit</em> and go west towards the ocean. Near the summit of the hill, <em>Carrillo Street</em> turns into <em>Meigs Road</em>. Follow <em>Meigs Road</em> towards the ocean until you see <em>Lighthouse Place</em><br />
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<strong>Coordinates</strong>:<a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Santa_Barbara_Light&params=34.396309_N_119.722492_W_">34°23′47″N 119°43′21″W34.396309°N 119.722492°W,</a><br />
<strong>Year first lit</strong>: 1856<br />
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<strong>Keepers Dwelling</strong>: house-tower, 5 rooms, painted white with a red roof<br />
<strong>Other Buildings</strong>: brick house, cement floor for oil house 50 ft from tower, barn, wood shed, oil house, tank house, water cistern<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong>: Brick<br />
<strong>Construction</strong>: Concrete<br />
<strong>Tower shape</strong>: Pyramidal, cylindrical white tower rising from white dwelling, red roof, now a skeletal metal tower<br />
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<strong>Focal plane</strong>: 142 ft<br />
<strong>Original lens</strong>: 4th order Fresnel lens, <em>Henry LePaute</em>, lantern black.<br />
<strong>Current lens</strong>: modern light<br />
<strong>Fog Signal</strong>: <br />
<strong>Characteristic</strong>: Flashing white once every 10s<br />
<strong>Admiralty number</strong>: G3952<br />
<strong>ARLHS number</strong>: USA-736<br />
<strong>USCG number</strong>: 6-0195<br />
<strong>Owner</strong>: Coast Guard<br />
<strong>Site manager</strong>: Coast Guard<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Journal</strong></span><br />
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This trip was to enjoy a week long vacation with my lovely wife along the California coast. We had not booked any hotels so we decided to stay where could find a hotel by ph. As we drove she would call ahead to different hotels and check for availability. Also she loved to bargain the rates over the phone. She bargained for some good deals. Our first stop was <em>San Luis Obispo</em>, in the <em>Embassy Suites</em>. I wanted to show her the beautiful <em>Avila beach</em> near <em>San Luis Obispo</em>. An area where I went to photograph <em>San Luis Obispo</em> lighthouse. It was so beautiful I wanted her to share my experience of Gods wonderful world of nature and majestic landscapes.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We spent the day resting along the northern shores of <em>Avila Beach</em>; this little known harbor is a jewel within <em>San Luis Obispo</em> County. The views are vast and epic; we observed the trail leading to the <em>San Luis Obispo</em> lighthouse as it hugged the side of the mountain. I recalled the day when I trekked along that <em>Pecho Coast</em> trail to my wife. The sun, a golden orb was shining brightly against the rich blue skies with the sea green waves gently lapping against the light sandy shores, as we strolled along <em>Hartford</em> wooden pier, our first day of vacation was great, and we had a late lunch in the <em>Fat Cats</em> restaurant near the pier before we returned to our hotel. I would not call it fine dining , but more like typical American food, not too expensive, but the atmosphere was good.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LA9behGcktg/TYrTfdKzj8I/AAAAAAAAC9A/xONhqlKx4Y0/s1600/SantaBarbara-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" r6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LA9behGcktg/TYrTfdKzj8I/AAAAAAAAC9A/xONhqlKx4Y0/s320/SantaBarbara-14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We set out early morning to <em>Santa Barbara</em>, our drive was uneventful; I just laid back in the SUV and drank in the peace and quietness while <em>Jean</em> drove. The sun continued to shine against a deep blue sky and the coast line wove a thread through the emerald waters of the shore, reminding one of the <em>French Riviera</em>, it was comforting to have my wife on this journey. This reason for the coast trip was because I refused to fly, I do not like the intrusion of the TSA pat downs and the violation of my personal privacy. So we decided on a driving trip. It was early afternoon when we arrived downtown <em>Santa Barbara</em>, time for a little shopping for <em>Jean</em> and a sightseeing trip around town for me. We made our way down to the waterfront and had a bite to eat at the fake lighthouse near the waterfront. It was called <em><u>Rusty’s Pizza</u></em> on <em>Cabrillo Blvd</em>. The food was okay for around $10 and the restaurant is family friendly. The restaurant contained a lot of Lighthouse memorabilia. It was the closest thing in <em>Santa Barbara</em> to a real Lighthouse<br />
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After lunch we sauntered along the wooden planked <em>Stearns Wharf</em>, observing the activity on the shore that the <em>Santa Barbara</em> light had to protect, I could not help but think that this was one of the cushier light house assignments. The wharf is now home to pleasure boats, whale watching tours and a fishing fleet. It has shops, restaurants and is a hotspot for tourists. As we walked the pier we where treated to views of the green lush hillsides framed by palm trees along the ocean front. This harmonized by the thump, thump sound of an occasional car that drove by. At the entrance to the wharf is a dolphin fountain welcoming its guests.<br />
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After our stroll, We decided to drive down to the <em>Mesa</em> park area where the remnant of the lighthouse remained. I knew it was on government property, I was hoping to find an area or vantage point where I could get a descent picture. From my online investigations I was not expecting much in the way of a building or structure. The original building had been destroyed in an earthquake. We parked in the parking lot of <em>Mesa</em> park, I wondered about, looking for a spot to shoot from. It was pretty difficult in getting a decent view. All views where obstructed by trees or overgrown vegetation, the entrance to the light is on an active coast guard compound, which is closed to the public. It is also surrounded by a chain fence, living quarters and overgrown shrubbery. Well you see the results, maybe another visit with a view from the air or sea. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">History</span></strong><br />
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<em>Santa Barbara</em> punctuates the eastern end of the <em>Santa Barbara</em> Channel, bordered to the north by the California coast, the south by the <em>Channel Islands</em>, and to the west by <em>Point Conception.</em> The location for the Lighthouse was chosen so it could serve the dual function of a seaboard light and a marina light. Before the Spanish came to California, the region from <em>Malibu</em> to <em>San Luis Obispo</em> was occupied by the <em>Chumash</em> Indians. They were hunters and gatherers oriented to the sea. They built plank boats (tomols) which were capable of traveling to the Channel Islands. <em>Chumash</em> villages were autonomous, headed by a hereditary leader. Houses were semi-oval huts built of tule. Basketry was a major art form as were stone bowls and tools. Houses were dome shaped with tules covering a willow frame.<br />
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<strong>1542</strong>, the 1st European explorer <em>Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo</em> sailed through the Channel<br />
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<strong>1579</strong>, <em>Sir Francis Drake</em> sailed past the region<br />
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<strong>1602</strong>, <em>Sebastian Vizcaino</em> named the area "<em>Santa Barbara</em>", on Dec 3rd (eve of the feast day of <em>Saint Barbara)</em> his ship survived a violent storm in the Channel.<br />
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<strong>1760, Aug 14th</strong>, Spanish set up a colony in <em>Santa Barbara</em><br />
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<strong>1856, Dec 1</strong>, The lighthouse was completed and The tower lantern with its 4th order Fresnel lens displayed a beacon with a fixed red light on the California coast, later on the red light was replaced by a white light. <br />
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<em>Albert Williams</em> was the 1st lightkeeper to be appointed. After 9 yrs, he grew tired of the lighthouse monotonous routine and tried his hand at farming.<br />
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<strong>1865, June 5</strong> <em>Albert Williams</em> refused the position of lightkeeper, but his wife <em>Julia</em> accepted. She was the 3rd keeper of the Lighthouse. Since the lighthouse had no fog signal, <em>Julia</em> was able to maintain the light by herself, while raising 3 boys and 2 girls. <em>Julia’s</em> appointment as lightkeeper generated a great amount of publicity in the locality; she was the 1st California female lightkeeper. <em>Julia</em> <em>Williams</em> came from <em>Maine</em>, and she had come to California during the gold rush with her husband. For the next 40 yrs Mrs. <em>Julia F. Williams</em> took great pride in her work, she vigilantly performed her duties of tending the light, missing 2 days away from the lighthouse; she attended the weddings of 2 of her sons. During her tenure 1 shipwreck was recorded, the skipper who allowed his vessel to drift on the rocks. The skipper was at fault due to his carelessness.<br />
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<strong>1868</strong>, The Lighthouse Board noted renovations made to the lighthouse. The floor of the cellar was torn up as it was prone to flooding during the winter rains, a drain was installed, a new brick floor was laid. A "storm-house" was built over the kitchen door to protect from the bad weather elements; a brick chimney replaced the stove-pipe which passed through the roof. <br />
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<strong>1894</strong>, iron windmill was erected over the well to supply water into a 5,000 gallon cistern that sat atop an extensive base and was joined to the lighthouse and grounds by pipes. As the water supply at the station was often insufficient, Julia would often take the station's horse to the nearest stream to fetch water. Once there, the children would get a bath if required and 2 wooden buckets would be filled with water. At times, the horse would throw off the weighty buckets; <em>Julia</em> would unwearyingly replenish the buckets and give the horse a lump or 2 of sugar to calm her down. <br />
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Lighthouse report: "The light-house at this station was built in 1856. It is of brick, with the outer wall stuccoed. The light is shown from an old-fashioned lantern, with triangular-shaped glass, built on top of the dwelling. The structure is unsightly and uncomfortable, and in winter the walls are damp. To put this building in good repair would cost as much, if not more, than to build a new modern structure. This can be done, it is estimated, for not exceeding $7,500, and it is recommended that an appropriation of that amount be made therefore." <br />
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As Congress failed to provide funding, it wasn't a new lighthouse but rather Mother Nature that did in the old structure. <br />
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<strong>1905</strong>, <em>Julia</em> at the age of 81, her illustrious career came to an end; she fell from a couch and broke her hip. Unrelenting she managed to work, after a few days, she had to be hospitalized. The fall terminated her light keeping career. <em>Mrs. Jones</em> relieved <em>Julia</em> <br />
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<strong>1925, June 29</strong>, 6:45 am a magnitude 6.3 earthquake woke up those Santa Barbara residents. Keeper <em>Albert Weeks</em> was thrown from his temporary bed in a storage building, where he had to spend the night, because he accommodated a large number of relatives who stayed the night after a family gathering. Anxious for the wellbeing of his family, <em>Weeks</em> hurried to the lighthouse to save his mother, sister, brother and his family. He ushered everyone outside. Just moments later, the tower and lantern came crashing down, followed soon by the walls of the small dwelling. When the cloud of dust had settled, little was left of the old structure.The Fresnel lens was shattered, and the structure was a total loss. <br />
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<strong>1925, July 3</strong>, A temporary light, is exhibited from a frame tower.<br />
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<strong>1935</strong> Aerobeacon on a steel tower, more permanent automatic tower, seen at the station today, was put into service <br />
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The light used atop the tower at Santa Barbara from 1925 to 1977 is now on display at the Point Vicente Lighthouse. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Links</span></strong><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Barbara_Light">Santa Barbara Light Wikipedia</a><br />
<a href="http://www.independent.com/news/2010/aug/14/guiding-light-mesa/">Santa Barbara Independent</a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">References </span></strong><br />
<em>Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses</em>, Sharlene and Ted Nelson, 1993. pp. 34-36 <br />
<em>U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office website.</em><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;"><em>Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2009</em></span></strong></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0West Mesa, Santa Barbara, CA, USA34.396977373880212 -119.7224378585815434.394764373880214 -119.72608585858154 34.399190373880209 -119.71878985858154tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-40841850751136713642011-02-03T22:14:00.000-08:002011-03-22T13:11:04.595-07:00Farallon Island Lighthouse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo81kmXtvI/AAAAAAAAC3Q/bp1bbKkQ_kc/s1600/Farralon-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo81kmXtvI/AAAAAAAAC3Q/bp1bbKkQ_kc/s320/Farralon-10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><strong>Location</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farallon_Island">Farallon Island</a>, California Located on the highest point of the island about 25 miles (40 km) west of the Golden Gate. <br />
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<strong>Directions</strong>: <i>The island is closed to the public as a bird sanctuary, but the lighthouse can be seen from <a href="http://www.oceanic-society.org/">Oceanic Society</a> half-day cruises to observe wildlife in the area. Site and tower closed.).</i><br />
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<strong>Coordinates</strong>: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"> <stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype><shape alt="" id="_x0000_i1025" style="height: 13.5pt; width: 13.5pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"><imagedata o:href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Erioll_world.svg/18px-Erioll_world.svg.png" src="file:///C:\Users\SEANOC~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.png"></imagedata></shape></span><a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Farallon_Island_Light&params=37.69915_N_123.00184_W_type:landmark">37°41′57″N 123°00′07″W37.69915°N 123.00184°WCoordinates</a>: <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Farallon_Island_Light&params=37.69915_N_123.00184_W_type:landmark">37°41′57″N 123°00′07″W37.69915°N 123.00184°W</a><br />
<strong>Year first lit</strong>: 1855<br />
<strong>Active</strong>: <i>Yes</i><br />
<strong>Automated</strong>: 1972<br />
<strong>Keepers Dwelling:</strong> <i>3 brick.The original keeper's house was demolished in 1969;</i><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Other Buildings:</b> <i>Two 1876 keeper's houses (Victorian wood duplexes), two cisterns, oil house, handcart railway </i></div><strong>Foundation</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick"><i>Brick</i></a><br />
<strong>Construction</strong>: <i>Brick</i><br />
<strong>Tower shape:</strong> <i>white Conical</i><br />
<strong>Height</strong>:<i> 41 ft (12.5 m)</i><br />
<strong>Focal plane:</strong> <i>358 ft (109 m);</i><br />
<strong>Original lens</strong>: <i>First order <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens">Fresnel lens</a>, lantern removed; on display at the<a href="http://www.nps.gov/safr/local/mus.html"> San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Museum </a>on Fisherman's Wharf</i><br />
<strong>Current lens:</strong> <i>Vega VRB aerobeacon.</i><br />
<strong>Fog Signal:</strong> <i>Wave-activated fog whistle developed by Major Hartman Bache -- a steam engine whistle mounted over a natural blowhole (1859-1871).</i><br />
<strong>Characteristic:</strong> <i>Flashing white once every 15s</i><br />
<strong>Admiralty number:</strong> <i>G4014</i><br />
<strong>ARLHS number:</strong><i> USA-281</i><br />
<strong>USCG number:</strong> <i>6-0355</i><br />
<strong>Owner</strong>: <i>U.S. Coast Guard.</i><br />
<strong>Site manager:</strong> <i>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Farallon National Wildlife Refuge)</i><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><i>The 3<sup>rd</sup> time was a charm; accompanying me on this trip were my son and daughter Mark and <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Lydia</place></country-region>. Once again an early rise and our eventful drive to an expensive parking lot near Pier 39. When I departed from my home, I left with the impression I had plenty of time to spare, before catching our boat; But when I arrived in <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">San Francisco</city></place>, the bay to breakers race was taking place. This was not appropriate; I had to find an alternative route to get to Pier 39, the police had set up barriers and blocked my route to pier 39. I was blessed that Mark and <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Lydia</place></country-region> where with me as they know the city pretty well. We snaked our way through the city streets until we got to the Embarcadero. From there it was easy to continue our journey uninterrupted. We had just witnessed that at this early hour people will and continue to make themselves objects of ridicule and think it’s cool. I suppose it’s the undirected energy of youth.</i></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo8vE_ZapI/AAAAAAAAC3E/YhCpo9gMVYs/s1600/Farralon-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo8vE_ZapI/AAAAAAAAC3E/YhCpo9gMVYs/s320/Farralon-8.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">I<i> watched as they pushed their makeshift creations, my eardrums where bombarded by wild unintelligible yells as the revelers trundled down the streets, and could comprehend the departure of intelligence as they mindlessly made spectacles of themselves, looking for their 5 minutes of TV. I was once just as crazy, and sometimes regret the things I done as a young person, if only I could redirected that energy for a more creative purpose, who knows, time to move on. It was early morning and their was a chill in the air, we where cutting it a bit close, Lydia got out and headed for the Hard rock café, Mark & I , parked the SUV and retrieved our packs. We arrived as the group was preparing to leave. I took my precursory shots leaving the bay and hoped this would be the day that we made it to the <place w:st="on">Island</place>. I had plenty of motion sickness aids with me.</i></div>.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo8eMIAcaI/AAAAAAAAC2o/SXV_X6B0vZU/s1600/Farralon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" s5="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo8eMIAcaI/AAAAAAAAC2o/SXV_X6B0vZU/s320/Farralon.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>This time we had a new guide, a little stricter on the dos & don’ts of the trip. At the same time she divulged more information about the sea life that we where visiting. The waters where calm as we proceeded out under the <place w:st="on">Golden Gate</place> bridge and the passengers where not appearing to be sea sick. We stopped in the cove near Point Diablo to look the Sea Lions & Elephant seals that still congregated their as a colony. From Point Diablo it was a straight run to the <place w:st="on">Islands</place>, on the way a young man called Zachery adopted me. He was a very pleasant and intelligent young man. He shared his exploits of where he had been and his excitement at sharing this trip with his class mates. I think he was about 10 years old.</i></div></div>.<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It was an uneventful journey grey skies and grey water; looking back I could see the rapid retreat of the coastline. Finally I was on the part of the journey where there was no return. I sat inside the cabin, enjoyed some coffee and sandwiches, and my conversation with the young man and his mother. Apparently she was a military mom stationed near <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Sacramento</place></city>. It’s this part of a trip do you find out who you travelling with. I looked out the cabin door to see Mark and <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Lydia</place></country-region> wrapped up in blankets trying to keep warm and dry</span>.</i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo8kVROKfI/AAAAAAAAC2w/Ziw4stANEso/s1600/Farralon-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo8kVROKfI/AAAAAAAAC2w/Ziw4stANEso/s320/Farralon-3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>The first view of the island was that of a forlorn place; An Island of a small series of craggy rocks; and very isolated and hostile to human habitation. It definitely had the appearance of civilization returning to the wild. I watched with expectation as neared the <place w:st="on">Island</place>, what would we find. Most people had come to view whales, my journey was for the remnants of the light that once guarded and protected the boats that entered the <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">bay</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">San Francisco</placename></place>. Soon I was to see the buildings that still exist on the <place w:st="on">Island</place>. I knew I was not going to get on the <place w:st="on">Island</place> as it is a protected habitat for the Birds and marine life that live out here</i></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo8nlVBS6I/AAAAAAAAC20/aHUcxCOv_hU/s1600/Farralon-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo8nlVBS6I/AAAAAAAAC20/aHUcxCOv_hU/s320/Farralon-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><i>I felt alive, my being was energized and the juices where flowing. I drank in my surroundings and did not worry about the grayness of my environment, I was surrounded by nature. Everyone had gathered at the front of the boat. I moved to the back. I wanted freedom to move around and take my shots. Later on I found out that many of the people could not take good pictures due to many reasons. I also learnt a lot about photography and water, it was another skill level to be mastered. To be brief, Landscape is not the same as waterscape. I got some Californian Sea Lions, Murre Birds, and Whales & Tufted Puffin: They where the most colorful birds. They nest in the crevices of the islands Around 50 pairs nest on the Farallones, which are the southernmost extent of their range. This deserves a return trip, probably in the fall.</i></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo8qQPMEzI/AAAAAAAAC24/36Di_cs1rTA/s1600/Farralon-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo8qQPMEzI/AAAAAAAAC24/36Di_cs1rTA/s320/Farralon-5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Then there was the return journey, it did not take as long as going out. Quickly our catamaran skips over the choppy waves and made its way to the shores of the <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">San Francisco</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Bay</placetype></place>. Mile rock was propped on the Horizon and Fort Point sat majestically under the bridge. As we entered the bay, we arrived in the midst of a sail boat race and provided some beautiful images. The <placename w:st="on">Golden Gate</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Bridge</placetype>, sitting under a magnificent blue sky and to the south the City of <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">San Francisco</place></city> displayed its distinguishing pyramid building proudly erect on the skyline. The bay was filled with hundreds of sailboats, many flying colorful spinnakers. It’s a pity most of these shots will never see daylight. I said goodbye to my little friend Zachery and promised him some pictures. And I then headed off for something to eat on the wharf. To finish on a sour note, <country-region w:st="on">Lydia</country-region> noticed that we where charged 3.5% of the bill for <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">San Francisco</place></city>’s health care. I am now boycotting the <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">San Francisco</place></city> restaurants. On top of that I had to stomach the high price of parking, I did not leave my heart in <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">San Francisco</city></place>, and it was gouged</i></span><br />
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<strong>1565</strong>: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <i>the Farallones where geographical markers for Spanish Ships that searched the world for treasures. They began trade with the <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">Philippines</country-region></place>; the islands became lifesaving navigational markers for their return </i>journey</span><br />
<strong>1579</strong>:<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">: <i>It is believed that the Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hinde, anchored on the Farallones, to replenish their food supply with fresh meat. He named them “Islands of Saint James</i></span><i>.</i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo8t3Qcl2I/AAAAAAAAC3A/2KfLB9e3HHA/s1600/Farralon-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TUo8t3Qcl2I/AAAAAAAAC3A/2KfLB9e3HHA/s320/Farralon-7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><strong>1603</strong>: <i>Friar on a Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino expedition wrote 6 leagues before reaching <place w:st="on">Point Reyes</place> is a large island, 2 leagues from land & 3 leagues northwest of this are 7 Farallones (<span lang="EN">"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islet" title="Islet"><span style="color: blue;">rocks</span></a> out of the sea") </span>close together. Vizcaino drew the first maps of the <place w:st="on">Island</place>.</i><br />
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<strong>1812</strong>: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Bostonian Fur trade; a group passed near <place w:st="on">Point Reyes</place> and the Farallones. They found the islands contained an abundance of fur seals and sea lions. In a short period of time more than 200,000 fur seals were slaughtered. The war ended the Bostonian Fur trade but the Russians continued hunting. For the next 30 years hunters would habitat on the islands, hunting the seals for their pelts. When the populations of fur seals where depleted from over-hunting, the hunters departed. <shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype><shape alt="" id="_x0000_s1026" o:allowoverlap="f" style="height: 192pt; margin-left: 176pt; margin-top: 0px; position: absolute; width: 3in; z-index: 251657728;" type="#_x0000_t75"><imagedata o:title="murres-288x256-rockparty" src="file:///C:\Users\SEANOC~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></shape>By the mid-1800s the sounds of fur seals, elephant seals and sea lions was gone</i></span><br />
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<strong>1848</strong>: <i>California cedes to the US in the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty. The port of San Francisco had increased traffic due to the Gold Rush.</i><br />
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<strong>1852</strong>: <i>The gold rush brought a huge incursion of people into <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">California</place></state>. Ships filled with immigrants teamed into the bay. As they passed the Farallones many encountered rough waters and shipwrecks became commonplace. The U.S. Lighthouse Service decided to construct a lighthouse for ships entering the bay. <span lang="EN">The southeast peak of the island was the chosen site. Clippers like the <placename w:st="on">Golden</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype> which sailed from <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">New York</place></state> in 1852 reported that she was detained 5 days off the Farallones in fog. The growth of <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">San Francisco</place></city> population saw the need for eggs. The chickens could not lay them fast enough, so the eggs from the murre Birds on the Farallones which where in plenty, where harvested by a </span>Pacific Egg Company<span lang="EN">.</span></i><br />
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<strong>1855 Dec</strong>: <i><span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN">The lighthouse shines its beacon on the west coast for the 1<sup>st</sup> time. It is considered to be one of the highest lights in <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">California</place></state>. The</span></span><span lang="EN"> Farallon Island Lighthouse was built on highest peak of the southeast Farallon. When construction of the tower was complete, it was too small to house a 1<sup>st</sup> order <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens" title="Fresnel lens"><span style="color: blue;">Fresnel lens</span></a>, the tower had to be razed and rebuilt. Quarry Stone for the building of the lighthouse was taken from the island. Construction workers faced many obstacles on the islands from the extreme sharp slopes to the jagged rocks. With back breaking labor, men hauled the bricks for the tower in bundles of 4 & 5 on their backs up the steep slopes. Later a mule was used to haul supplies around the station. The mule became the oldest inhabitant of the <place w:st="on">Island</place>.</span><span lang="EN"> </span>As a supplement to their meager wages, construction workers and lighthouse keepers, collected murre eggs for food and to market to the <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">San Francisco</place></city> community as another revenue stream. Many buildings where constructed on the island, first to house only the keepers; during the 1880s their families joined them. Over the next 60 years the Island became home to the many families that lived on the main southeast <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Farallon</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Island</placetype></place>, under the shadow of the lighthouse. Life was hard on the <place w:st="on">Island</place>, medical help was 26 miles away and the sea was not always friendly. Disease often swept through unexpectedly, often afflicting children, sometimes causing death. Families had animal’s goats, donkeys and pigs. They tried to plant gardens and trees. A small school was built for the children, and they endured the same events as those on the mainland -- death, disease, birth, gaiety -- they were a tightly woven community of keepers and their kin. The Chronicle has a good write up</i><br />
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<strong>1881:</strong> <i>Pacific Egg Company is evicted</i><br />
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<strong>1900:</strong> <i>Weather Bureau sets up a radio station.</i><br />
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<span lang="EN"><strong>1909</strong>: <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President" title="President"><span style="color: blue;">President</span></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt"><span style="color: blue;">Theodore Roosevelt</span></a> signed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order_(United_States)" title="Executive order (United States)"><span style="color: blue;">Executive Order</span></a> No. 1043 in, creating the Farallon Reservation, protecting the northern islands of the chain.</i></span><br />
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<strong>1913:</strong> <i>Navy took over the Weather Bureau buildings. They put buildings on the Island for their staff and radio equipment</i><br />
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<strong>1939:</strong> <span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">T<i>he <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard"><span style="color: blue;">United States Coast Guard</span></a> took over the lighthouse.</i></span><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coast Guardsmen replaced the lighthouse keepers</span></i><br />
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<strong>1942:</strong> <i>Residents increase to 78 living on the Island, most ever</i>.<br />
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<strong>1953:</strong> <i>Lighthouse is automated</i><br />
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<strong>1961:</strong> <i>The 1st Order Fresnel lens was replaced by a automated aerobeacon, the beacon was placed atop of the tower. All families removed from the Island </i><br />
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<strong>1967:</strong> <i>Biologists come to the island to study nature.</i><br />
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<strong>1970:</strong> <i>The light is fully updated, eliminating the need for any tending.</i><br />
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<strong>1972:</strong> <i>The lantern room is removed. The Coast Guard ceases operations; the last guardsman leaves the Island. The Island quickly restores its natural wilderness</i><br />
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<strong>2010:</strong> <i>Today the lighthouse perched on the Southeast peak is the perfect vantage spot for scientists, as they observe the increasing population of bird life and marine life.</i><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Reference:</span></strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/farallon.htm">Nps Gov</a><br />
<a href="http://farallones.org/">Farallon Island Marine Sanctuary</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.calacademy.org/webcams/farallones/">The California Academy of Sciences maintains a Farallon Web Cam</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lighthousedepot.com/lite_explorer.asp?action=display_details&LighthouseID=26&bhcd2=1212611636">Lighthouse Explorer has a photo</a>, <br />
<a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/farallonWith.JPG">the Coast Guard has a historic photo showing the former lantern</a>, <br />
<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/getoutside/1997/sep/fi_history.html">The San Francisco Chronicle has info on the history of the islands and the lighthouse</a>.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCG">Historical Information from Coast Guard web site:</a><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Location: </strong><em>Point Diablo</em> is located on a very steep headland about halfway between the northern end of the <em>Golden Gate Bridge (Point Lime)</em> and <em>Point Bonita</em></div><strong><br />
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About 1.2 miles (2 km) west of the Golden Gate Bridge, accessible only by boat, site and tower closed to the public.<br />
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<strong>Latitude:</strong> 37° 49" 12'<br />
<strong>Longitude:</strong> -122° 29" 56' <br />
<strong>Status:</strong> Active<br />
<strong>Year 1st Constructed:</strong> 1923<br />
<strong>Year established:</strong> 1923<br />
<strong>Automated:</strong> 1975<br />
<strong>Tower Height:</strong> focal plane 85 ft above sea level. <br />
<strong>Tower Shape:</strong> 1 story square building<br />
<strong>Original Optic:</strong> Lens lantern<br />
<strong>Current Optic:</strong> Navigation light mounted atop the building<br />
<strong>Light characteristic:</strong> White Isophase (3 Seconds On, 3 Seconds Off); <br />
<strong>Original construction:</strong> square 1-story wood fog signal building<br />
<strong>Color:</strong> White with red roof<br />
<strong>Fog horn:</strong> 12 inch electric Siren, Continuously operating fog signal (blast every 15 s).<br />
<strong>Admiralty number:</strong> G4064<br />
<strong>ARLHS number:</strong> USA-974<br />
<strong>USCG number:</strong> 6-4250<br />
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This journey was a whale watching trip to the <em>Farallon</em> Islands. The start of the day was early morning; I had to rise around 6 am because I had to be at the <em>Fisherman’s</em> wharf around 8:00 am. The Whale watching tour leaves around 8:30 am. Eddie my brother, his 2 daughters Jamie and Laura accompanied me on this trip. Using his handicap parking, I found a parking spot near to area where the tour group was congregating. The weather looked great and the skies where blue with a few clouds.<br />
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Being familiar with the route, I was aware of the 6 lighthouses I would pass, <em>Alcatraz, Point Lime, Fort Point, Point Diablo, Mile Rock</em> and <em>Point Bonita.</em> I had already blogged on 5 of lighthouses and maybe someday in the future I will post updated photographs, so this gave me an opportunity to put my focus on <em>Point Diablo.</em> Just like <em>Rubicon</em> in <em>Tahoe</em>, this lighthouse site is not one of those which will go down in the annals of majestic Lighthouses, but it was a sentinel that once protected seafarers as they entered the bay. Today, it is powered by solar energy and perched upon the treacherous rocks as it performs its function as a coastal sentinel. <strong><em>Point Diablo</em></strong> is surrounded on all sides, by lighthouses of more famed history. Yet it has a forlorn beauty, a rawness of nature, an abandoned location, a wild landscape, and a less than friendly perch on the Marin rocks looking at the access points, you know that this is not a frequented area. The building itself looks as if it could do with a touch of paint.<br />
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<em>Point Diablo</em> cannot be accessed from land, and the <em>Kitty Hawk</em> provided me with the best opportunity to shoot it from water. The sky and the bay was more cooperative in that the waters where calmer and the sky had a deeper blue, not a dull grey. <em>Point Diablo</em> is the last light station before you enter the <em>San Francisco. Bay</em>; it has a lot of the feelings of mystique and barrenness that attract lighthouse followers. What is missing is the majestic grandeur of the coastal beacons. It does reveal the treacherous nature of the waters as ships enter the bay. It is still an active beacon. As the <em>Kitty Hawk</em> bobbed up and down in the cove near <em>Point Diablo</em>, I managed to fire of a few shots. Both of the seals in the harbor, the bridge and the lighthouse. I thought of how the lightkeepers managed to maintain this forlorn site. It was not attractive in the least. From this point you could see <em>Fort point</em> perched beneath the <em>Golden Gate</em> bridge, immersed in the glory of its past, Army, Bridge Building, Fire of <em>San Francisco</em>, <em>Point Lime</em> on the opposite end having Similar glory, <em>Mile rock</em> winning the heart of <em>San Franciscans</em> with its fog horn blare, <em>Point Bonita</em>, built the semblance of a sentinel of protection. Yet few people knew or even cared about this small outhouse lost in the midst of such glory and honor. All those lighthouses had ceased to be active, but this uncomely site was still performing its duty, unattended and mainly out of site to the general public.<br />
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Maybe the 3rd time will be lucky.<br />
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<strong>History:</strong><br />
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The <strong>1800’s</strong> was to see the bay area transformed, the gold rush, statehood, and the growth of immigration and commerce was to put a strain on providing safe passage in and out of the bay.<br />
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<strong>1901</strong>: The Steamer <em>City of Rio De Janeiro</em>, struck the rocks near <em>Point Diablo</em>, Southeast of <em>Point Bonita</em>. 128 passengers lost their lives. The steamer quickly filled with water and sank to the dark murky waters of the bay. It had approached the bay in the darkness of the night and dense foggy weather. The deceased captain and the pilot where found guilty of gross negligence. It was later discovered that a rich passenger had influenced the pilot.<br />
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<strong>1923</strong>: This navigational hazard was marked by the lighthouse. The keepers at <em>Point Lime</em> were given the extra task of maintaining a minor light placed on <em>Point Diablo</em>, 1.2 miles west of <em>Point Lime</em>. A small shack with a red roof was erected on the sloping point. A 12 inch electric siren and two lens lanterns were installed approximately 80 ft above the bay.<br />
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<strong>2007</strong>: The U.S. Coast Guard was seeking to transfer this and four other area light stations to the National Park Service.<br />
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<strong>2010</strong>: An array of solar panels now powers the modern beacon positioned atop the shack.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong><em>Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2009</em></strong></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Point Diablo, Southwest Marin, CA 94941, USA37.8204357 -122.500011537.803485699999996 -122.529194 37.8373857 -122.470829tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-7833764550890755872010-07-24T23:33:00.000-07:002010-07-24T23:33:41.355-07:00Point Piedras Blancas<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZadObE_PY28KnKexvvZjVeBVH9rfgvImPa0DlyKj1SMIqNXMQWsS-BgYrKKgQmdLDy_5hsbDrdL35rBxaNV4zLHYJoKVIwZJJlCd6CD7acIyz70quFwkPlwcsidsysAsClOSP20NaWo/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZadObE_PY28KnKexvvZjVeBVH9rfgvImPa0DlyKj1SMIqNXMQWsS-BgYrKKgQmdLDy_5hsbDrdL35rBxaNV4zLHYJoKVIwZJJlCd6CD7acIyz70quFwkPlwcsidsysAsClOSP20NaWo/s320/Piedras+Blancas-2.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Location</strong>: Piedras Blancas is located on California's central coast, just north of San Simeon. Piedras Blancas Light Station </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">15950 Cabrillo Highway</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">PO Box 129</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">San Simeon, California 93452</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">(805) 927-2968</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Directions</strong>: highway 1, 7 miles North of San Simeon and can be seen very easily from the road. Meet at the former Piedras Blancas Motel, located 1.5 miles north of the light station, at 9:45 and depart promptly at 10:00. am Tues, Thursday and Saturday</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Latitude</strong>: 35°39′56″N</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Longitude</strong>: 121°17′3″W </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Status</strong>: Active</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Year 1st Constructed</strong>: 1875</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Year established</strong>: 1879</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Automated</strong>: 1975</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Tower Height</strong>: 74 ft, 142 ft above sea level., originally 110ft</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Tower Shape</strong>: Conical with flat top</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Original Optic</strong>: 1st Order bivalve, Fresnel,</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Current Optic</strong>: VRB-25</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Light characteristic</strong>: Flashing white 15s. Visible 25 nautical miles, </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Original construction</strong>: Brick, Masonry foundation, Classical Revival, Gothic, Romanesque</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Color</strong>: White</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Fog horn</strong>: Twin sirens powered by an air compressor ran by 2 18-hp engines housed.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Admiralty number</strong>: G3982</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>ARLHS number</strong>: USA-598</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>USCG number</strong>: 6-0265 </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs2LRvmdgI/AAAAAAAACwc/E_V1LeDOdCk/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" hw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs2LRvmdgI/AAAAAAAACwc/E_V1LeDOdCk/s320/Piedras+Blancas-14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><em>Journal</em></span></strong>:</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">My Journey began on a Friday evening after work. I left around 5:30 and followed the directions from the GPS. It was a long drive and the weather was bad, rain most of the way. I travelled Highway 101 for the best part of the trip, before heading towards the coast. Foolishly I had not booked a hotel before I left; I was looking for a cheap motel to stay the night. When I arrived in San Simeon I spotted the Best western and thought this would be my best choice. It cost me $269 for the room and in these impoverished times it was one of their last suites available, no recession in this part of the world. Not in the mood to go hunting for a hotel, I took the room.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs2CqFk04I/AAAAAAAACwQ/lTz8lfsRFNA/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" hw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs2CqFk04I/AAAAAAAACwQ/lTz8lfsRFNA/s320/Piedras+Blancas-11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The luxurious room was situated next to the beach; it had fire place, robes and a great view of the surf on the beach. I slipped off my shoes and made myself as comfortable as possible, retrieved my netbook and made a post on facebook. Opened a nice bottle of Merlot and settled down on the King size bed watched Glenn Beck perform his antics on fox. The glimmer of dancing fire, the warm yellow glow and the background sound of crashing waves in the near distance lullaby me into a light slumberous sleep, every so often disturbed by the sound of the sea as it crashed upon the sandy shores of San Simeon.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs19efZAbI/AAAAAAAACwI/XOsGSVEL3UY/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" hw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs19efZAbI/AAAAAAAACwI/XOsGSVEL3UY/s320/Piedras+Blancas-9.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It was about 9:00 am when I awoke; I made some coffee and was on my way to the lighthouse. I drove up the coast highway to the Piedras Blancas Motel; which was about 7 miles north of San Simeon. As I drew close to my destination, I observed the lighthouse from my vehicle; it appeared as grand beacon on a cliff edge, its grandeur not diminished, even though head of the lighthouse appeared to be chopped off. I pulled into the motel parking lot and saw that a group of people had already arrived before me. They where waiting for the docent/park ranger to arrive. Around 9:45 am the ranger arrived and gave us a mini lecture about the cold, and harming the Eco sensitive environment. She split us into 2 groups and led us in our vehicles as a caravan to the parking lot of Point Piedras Blancas Lighthouse.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPOncaZ5cl_nfa4nOQf2KmUGFTHpTx8CxquDz5KPtxRQWSqjDxr2GeP0fW-J4wnoZXqEg0AhyrXe3MkKQFkLibxg-pHEcUIJge5JXMEEJniOUjs0-1E-KsCcPANwvwk4MDRUK3xdP-hU/s1600/Piedras+Blancas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPOncaZ5cl_nfa4nOQf2KmUGFTHpTx8CxquDz5KPtxRQWSqjDxr2GeP0fW-J4wnoZXqEg0AhyrXe3MkKQFkLibxg-pHEcUIJge5JXMEEJniOUjs0-1E-KsCcPANwvwk4MDRUK3xdP-hU/s320/Piedras+Blancas.jpg" width="320" /></a>I decided on using my Canon 5d mounted with a 24-105mm lens and strapped on my knee pads. The air was brisk and fresh and good to breed. After hearing some of the tales involved in restoring the Eco system of this area, I had a great appreciation for the work these volunteers had committed to doing. This area had become a base point for ecological recovery. Manually they pulled by hand plants that were not indigenous to the area. They where protecting the artifacts left by the Indians and did not bring big machinery to disturb any signs of the historic past. As they had replanted the original plants, you got a feeling of what it was like in the 1870’s. Slowly they are restoring the buildings, and even though some of the buildings had been razed or moved, with existing plans they are trying to reconstruct then. Also their work involved in providing a safe haven for the marine life in the area. Many of the coastal areas located in Point Blanca’s region are off limits to the general public.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3Xk4OleX1dSmhUY1JPNi7szFhri4ZJfCYhiwxCLd9ij1z6dgGkPXKEm042ps1GrdPDRvHULmQnFKIYHMKTxKp1ReR-vOO7jH5b6SVikY_b9v7YsYJOoH7q2N2hve-Ym8xES2LkESHes/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3Xk4OleX1dSmhUY1JPNi7szFhri4ZJfCYhiwxCLd9ij1z6dgGkPXKEm042ps1GrdPDRvHULmQnFKIYHMKTxKp1ReR-vOO7jH5b6SVikY_b9v7YsYJOoH7q2N2hve-Ym8xES2LkESHes/s320/Piedras+Blancas-8.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The tour of the area is circular in nature, bringing you around the surrounding bay, White Rock on one end and the sister rocks at the other end. Beside the plant life we got see sea otters and some elephant seals, the bones of a beached whale, and a walk up the hill to the light station itself. A quick tour of the gift shop with very friendly volunteers and finally we made our way into the lighthouse. The outside structure of the lighthouse was strange in appearance, it had a Romanesque look on its tower, which I had not seen before and the tower looked quiet odd without its lantern tower mounted on top.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs2OykbykI/AAAAAAAACwg/-hrbEqSCjtY/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" hw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs2OykbykI/AAAAAAAACwg/-hrbEqSCjtY/s320/Piedras+Blancas-15.jpg" width="320" /></a>Inside the tower is a number of artifacts the keepers used for maintaining and cleaning the lens and for general duties around the grounds. These are contained in glass cases. On display is a variety of lanterns that’s used in the lens and a model of the light keeper in his uniform. We where not allowed to climb the stairs to the top, I got a good view of the ascension to the top of the tower, The stairs was not as steep or as cramped as places like Point Arena. What is missing from the station is the original lighthouse keepers quarters, I hear some of them are in San Simeon and the locals don’t want to sell them back. There is an effort underway to reconstruct the building from the original drawings. I have mixed feelings about mixing original with the newer buildings, its not like you are renovating or preserving something from the past. It could become too superficial.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs2Iv83f4I/AAAAAAAACwY/0gd0szPQK3s/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" hw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs2Iv83f4I/AAAAAAAACwY/0gd0szPQK3s/s320/Piedras+Blancas-13.jpg" width="255" /></a>I did not engage too many people in conversation, I spoke with the person in the gift shop, and she told me the Fresnel lens was located on the Main Street in Cambria. When the tour of the lighthouse came to an end, I made my way back to Cambria and sought out the lens, it was housed in a Lantern tower at the end of Town on the right hand side heading south;The veterans building: it appeared to be under construction or some form of renovation.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Cambria is a nice small town, has lots of quaint shops and places to eat. From Cambria I headed North and stopped at the Sebastian winery, it also has a place to eat if you don’t mind the wait and a place for some wine tasting. A little further north a good place for viewing Elephant seals, plenty of signs to point you in the right direction. When I stopped I got see Pelicans, Seals, Squirrels, Pelicans and cranes and a rabbit, plus a nice view of Piedras Blancas. From there my journey carried me North along Highway 1, ragged point a yuppie hangout with good coffee and viewing area, 5 miles North of that is a spot with a garage, restaurant a few whaling boats outside. The people look a bit on the rough side, with their bandannas, blue jeans and rugged appearance. I continued north a long the windy highway 1, at times being scared ½ to death by people coming around the bends on the wrong side of the road.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><em>History</em></span></strong>:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1769</strong>: Father Crespi journal refers to the Playano's Salinas who lived in the area. Piedras Blancas was part of the Mission San Miguel.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs1dxy_bOI/AAAAAAAACv4/or8XSEh0nUA/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" hw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs1dxy_bOI/AAAAAAAACv4/or8XSEh0nUA/s320/Piedras+Blancas-5.jpg" width="213" /></a><strong>1840</strong>: The Point is granted to Don Jose de Jesus Pico as part of the Mexican land grant.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1850</strong>: Mexican land owners had to patent their lands in US Courts.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1864</strong>: Whaling Station established near San Simeon.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1866 May 22nd</strong> Chairman of the lighthouse board wrote to the commissioner of the Land commission to reserve 20 acres on the point for a lighthouse. It worked its way to President Andrew Johnson who approved it</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1868</strong>: Land surveyed by the US Goverment</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1870</strong> San Simeon is a substantial port for the export of Lumber, Mercury ore, Farm Produce, </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1872 June 10th</strong> Lighthouse board was granted $75,000 by congress to construct a lighthouse to guide the marine traffic. The site picked was Piedras Blancas, named for 3 white rocks just offshore was chosen to fill a gap between Point Pinos and Point Conception.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1873</strong> a complete survey of the site and a map is made</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1874</strong> Construction began with 30 workers to build the Tower. Captain Ashley is made superintendent of the site; he had worked on point arena</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs1ic171RI/AAAAAAAACwA/u_TXrgbAV1k/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" hw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs1ic171RI/AAAAAAAACwA/u_TXrgbAV1k/s320/Piedras+Blancas-7.jpg" width="320" /></a><strong>1875 Feb 15th</strong> The lighthouse Tower is completed and a new sentinel Beacon added to the Californian shore. The tower was the 3rd of its kind on the pacific coast. The tower rose 110ft tall and housed a 1st order Fresnel lens, made a Frenchman Henri lapaute. Its focal plane was 141ft above mean water height. A circular steel stairway reached the light and its base was 34ft in diameter. In the center of the lens was ardent vapor light consisting lard oil, later mineral oil with five wicks. The lens was rotated by a clockwork mechanism to flash every 15 secs; the lightkeepers wound a drum every few hours to rewind the weight. The timing had to be adjusted each evening by adjusting the feathering air vanes on the governor. In the same year a 2 story Victorian Building is erected for the light keepers. At first the keepers had to reside in the workers huts. The Lightkeepers building housed 3 keepers and their families. Stephen Morse was the first keeper. He served for 35 years. Supplies were brought to the light station by a lighthouse tender ship 3 to 4 times a year. Kerosene for the light, coal for the 3 families, flour and other station supplies were delivered at a wharf built against the steep ocean cliff on the south side of the point. In between tender visits, a supply ship appeared at irregular intervals</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1879</strong>: Captain Lorin V. Thorndyke takes over as head keeper and serves for the 27 years</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs1cvi6arI/AAAAAAAACv0/RUqr44ece5g/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" hw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/TEs1cvi6arI/AAAAAAAACv0/RUqr44ece5g/s320/Piedras+Blancas-4.jpg" width="255" /></a><strong>1887:</strong> Switch form Lard oil to kerosene. necessitate the building of a fuel house. Highly flammable kerosene had to be stored away from the tower. Kerosene was also used as fuel for the fog station.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1904</strong>: $15,000 was appropiated for a fog signal building</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1906</strong> An Additional Lightkeepers building is added. And a fog signal building. The fog signal building contained 2 air compressors, an air tank and a 10” dia air whistle</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1907: First reinforced concrete building by the goverment for the fuel house.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1908</strong> a concrete fuel oil station is built near fog signal building, it stored highly flammable kerosene. This was for the Kerosene lamp, it consumed 5 tons of kerosene per year, which to be hauled up the stairs to the lamp</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1909</strong> a barn/garage was built north of the tower</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMJOnTo8XARbO8cM96EMPbcodQ_RAUYR9sgAiHheAgYSE8j1wT1ZuRQdPiuvOt8xVl9VseGnjWRJ2MDkkgLkIdymasrtvozpmJawGHv1f4H2Os48xaGjjI7iJhaQNHrPsGTyb2FjEMLU/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMJOnTo8XARbO8cM96EMPbcodQ_RAUYR9sgAiHheAgYSE8j1wT1ZuRQdPiuvOt8xVl9VseGnjWRJ2MDkkgLkIdymasrtvozpmJawGHv1f4H2Os48xaGjjI7iJhaQNHrPsGTyb2FjEMLU/s320/Piedras+Blancas-6.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1916</strong> the rotation and speed of the lens was modified to produce 2 flashes every 15 secs</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1939</strong> Coast Guard assumes control of the station; children go to school in Cambria</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1949 Jan 1st</strong> : A storm damages the lantern room. The lens is removed and the top the tower is capped. A 36 inch rotating aerobeacon replaces the lens upon the decapitated tower. The height of the tower is 74ft. The local lions club rescued the Lens and reassembled it on a concrete pad, where it remained for the next 40 years</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1951</strong> The lens is saved by the Cambria Lions association.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1960</strong> The triplex Victorian house is razed and 4 ranch houses are built for coast personnel. The 1906 dwelling is sold for $1 and moved to Cambria as a private residence</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1975</strong> The tower is automated and the light station is unmanned. a 36 inch vertically stacked aero beacon that replaced the Fresnal lens is declared obsolete, The 36 Inch beacon was replaced by a 24 inch beacon. The station is now manned by environmentalists studying the plant life, sea otters, whales and other forms of animal life.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1978</strong> Grounds Leased to the US fish & wildlife service </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1990</strong> Norman Francis ex CIA, son of head keeper from 1934-48 led a campaign to protect and restore the lens. The lens was taken to Monterey by the coast guard to be cleaned</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBbA5SZdNiQgI22TDZjQHRpQaZHdX9ATEWe2PB6es8lhLptlBZHS2FBM86mIRFwDKVEW4l7vbAnMqsO4KVZ_s9Rg4VSDgHaNsZYgoEu1za8fnY0lTRx4WsWXxfx8mMPt5fLMuHn7LKZQ/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBbA5SZdNiQgI22TDZjQHRpQaZHdX9ATEWe2PB6es8lhLptlBZHS2FBM86mIRFwDKVEW4l7vbAnMqsO4KVZ_s9Rg4VSDgHaNsZYgoEu1za8fnY0lTRx4WsWXxfx8mMPt5fLMuHn7LKZQ/s320/Piedras+Blancas-3.jpg" width="320" /></a><strong>1992</strong>. A modern lantern room was built in Cambria and now houses the restored lens.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1999 May 31st</strong> aerobeacon fails and is replaced with one of less intensity</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>2001 Oct 12th</strong> BLM receives transfer of Piedras Blancas Light Station.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>2002 May 25th</strong> VRB-25 is illuminated, announces plans to restore the lantern room. And rebuild the lightkeepers building </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>2006</strong> Students from Grover Heights Elementary school started a fund raising campaign to restore the lantern room</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>2010</strong> Reconstruction of building next to fog building continuing</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOKY31FIwpDwpaEgkrvmUjRrl03crIxeXbgyxc-l7p14rQ_q82XxxkkEFWiV9uiGJZ7FaUsQ0ikrjv2DWRiYQh0EUDAaor0bJ4DzJ0KWFWcK17qfGrxbhHCkObgnaW0EPWQ0kwbKsgBQ/s1600/Piedras+Blancas-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOKY31FIwpDwpaEgkrvmUjRrl03crIxeXbgyxc-l7p14rQ_q82XxxkkEFWiV9uiGJZ7FaUsQ0ikrjv2DWRiYQh0EUDAaor0bJ4DzJ0KWFWcK17qfGrxbhHCkObgnaW0EPWQ0kwbKsgBQ/s320/Piedras+Blancas-16.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">For a map of Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, click <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&title=Map to Piedras Blancas Lighthouse&zoom=8&formtype=latlong&latlongtype=decimal&latitude=35.66563&longitude=-121.2844">Mapquest</a>.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. "Point Carbillo," Cora Isabel Owens, The Keeper's Log, Spring 1990. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. The Keeper's Log, Summer 1999. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3. Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses, Sharlene and Ted Nelson, 1993. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4. Where the highway ends, Geneva Hamilton, 1874</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">Links</span></em></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.piedrasblancas.org/">Piedras Blancas Lightstation Association</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.cambriachamber.org/piedras-lighthouse.php">Cambria Chamber of Commerce</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedras_Blancas_Light">Wikipedia</a>.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><em><span style="background-color: lime; color: yellow; font-size: large;">Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2010</span></em></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0North Coast, CA, USA35.664897437180137 -121.2840843200683635.656180937180139 -121.29867532006836 35.673613937180136 -121.26949332006836tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-73964831563972097802010-04-23T22:44:00.000-07:002010-04-25T23:14:48.399-07:00Point Cabrillo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9UvQOeai3I/AAAAAAAACqU/DXy67inbIRE/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9UvQOeai3I/AAAAAAAACqU/DXy67inbIRE/s320/Point+Cabrillo-2.jpg" tt="true" width="214" /></a></div><strong>Location</strong>: Caspar, California, 2 Miles north of Mendocino Village and 6 miles south of Fort Bragg, just off Cabrillo Drive. The Light Station is approximately 1/2 mile walk from the parking area. Handicapped access parking is available at the Light Station in front of the residences. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Directions</strong>:4 Hrs North of San Francisco, 85 miles Highway 101 to 128, 55 miles Highway 128 to 1, 12.1 miles North to Cabrillo Dr, 1.3 miles North to Lighthouse Dr. ½ mile walk in,</div>Google Maps Directions<br />
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<div></div><strong>Latitude</strong>: 39°20′54″N<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Longitude</strong>: 123°49′33″W </div><strong>Status</strong>: Active<br />
<strong>Year established</strong>: 1909<br />
<strong>Automated</strong>: 1973<br />
<strong>Tower Height</strong>: 47 ft, 81 ft above sea level. Octagonal on fog signal building<br />
<strong>Original Optic</strong>: 3rd Order, Fresnel, DCB-224<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Original construction:</strong> Wood, white building with red roof, black lens room and roof, foundation concrete </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Light characteristic:</strong> Flashing white 10s. Emergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. Visible 22 nautical miles, </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Fog horn:</strong> Twin sirens powered by an air compressor ran by 2 18-hp engines housed in the building.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Admiralty number:</strong> G4362</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>ARLHS number:</strong> USA-619</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>USCG number</strong>: 6-0450</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E5J4StgkI/AAAAAAAACms/Zfp3DDW35QI/s1600/Point+Cabrillo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E5J4StgkI/AAAAAAAACms/Zfp3DDW35QI/s320/Point+Cabrillo.jpg" tt="true" /></a>This journey was different than most. I posted the trip on a photography meetup site, several people indicated an interest in coming, but only one made the journey with me. I had set the meeting place for Pete’s coffee shop in Castro Valley. I arrived at Pete’s around 10:00 am and waited about 30 mins before anyone arrived. A young lady came and we spent a little time drinking coffee, she explained that at the last moment she had to work. I then got a call on my cell, the caller was Prashant Gaigavale, I had never met this person before, and he said he was 15 mins away. So I sat in the beautiful sunlit patio of Pete’s sipping a cappuccino and waited patiently.</div><br />
<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E6TGJPZCI/AAAAAAAACo0/bUm1s9mzwQ8/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E6TGJPZCI/AAAAAAAACo0/bUm1s9mzwQ8/s320/Point+Cabrillo-15.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">When Prashant arrived we cordially introduced ourselves, I suggested that we head to Safeway and get ourselves some refreshments and sandwiches for the journey. He transferred his camera gear to my MDX and we where on our way. This was a long journey, approximately 4 hrs; I played a medley of music from my IPod. As we journeyed I engaged Prashant in some small talk, I soon learnt that Prashant, was married and living in Dublin with his wife and a 2 1/2 yr old daughter. He worked as software professional and was in the process of changing jobs from Wells Fargo bank to Infosys technologies. I guessed that he was in his late 30’s to early 40’s. As we moved north the skies started to clear and blue skies eased their way out from the clouds, it looked like we where going to have a nice day. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E57b-vUzI/AAAAAAAACoE/Oize7zY1g_E/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E57b-vUzI/AAAAAAAACoE/Oize7zY1g_E/s320/Point+Cabrillo-9.jpg" tt="true" /></a>Our journey was long and uneventful, Prashant appeared to be very friendly and spoke a lot about his family and job. He was also at the early stages of photography, I hope his desire grows. We took the turnoff from Highway 101 to Highway 128, and a short break in Cloverdale. The town seemed to have a lot of Mexicans, I suppose it’s due to being a farm region and it needs a lot of back breaking laborers. I do not envy these people; they are the butt of people’s jokes and receive very little pay. We did not spend too long in the town as we did not want to waste the day. The roads got a lot narrower and the sharp bends retarded our progress, we could not maintain the speed of 60 mph, mostly we where travelling was reduced to 40mph. This slow travel allowed us an opportunity to absorb the beauty of the rich green rolling hills, with clusters of yellow flowers and the surrounding tree line. Where the sun broke through in narrow gaps between the towering redwoods, nature was making her presence felt and one could only wish that he/she was an fish, an elk, an eagle or one of Gods created beauties to be part of the harmony of nature, I knew I was part of His plan. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E5--4RhfI/AAAAAAAACoM/dG_VrwzeOEs/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E5--4RhfI/AAAAAAAACoM/dG_VrwzeOEs/s320/Point+Cabrillo-10.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It was not long until the sea came into full view and again that my physical senses went on overload, I am high above the cresting waters of the emerald sea, looking down at pearly white crashing waves against a jagged seashore, I am watching a flock of seagulls circling high in the sky with a golden orb, and Cows mulching luscious green grass on the side of steep hills as if they are mountain goats and I am asking myself will other generations see this, or will we neglect and destroy this beauty. When God gave man the earth, he made us a Steward of nature not an abuser of the land. If we don’t try and protect this land it will be gone forever. We have a responsibility not to pollute but to preserve this wonder of nature for our children and grand children. The Bible says that nature groans for the manifestation of the sons of God. It’s as if we have arrived at the end of days when our very world has said enough of this pollution, tend the garden and it will take care of you.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E6moOQjyI/AAAAAAAACpU/q8vrZpLCuDU/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E6moOQjyI/AAAAAAAACpU/q8vrZpLCuDU/s320/Point+Cabrillo-19.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Finally we arrived at point Cabrillo, the settings was very quaint. The visitor center was closed, so we parked in the parking lot and made our way towards the lighthouse. The walk is not that strenuous; just bring some water as no refreshments are served at the station. Prashant and I basically split up and spent the next few hours taking photographs of what interested us. I made my way in around the keepers quarters, their is at least 3 light keepers buildings and one was open to the public, its contents was restored to the days of old, and it acts as a museum. As I made my way to the Lighthouse, I was impressed at its setting, so alone against the Pacific Ocean, it was almost majestic. I felt nostalgia arise inside my gut. It was the appearance of what seemed to be a lone church on a hill against the horizon of the ocean. The nostalgia was for a longing to belong to early western times, this imagery awoke in my subconscious mind. If I was to look in a mirror at that moment, I felt I would see a shroud of melancholy hang over my countenance separating me from this accursed world. I wanted to be a part of this environment, live near the sea, take up residence in a small town, become part of the landscape, yet I found that I am anchored to the suburbs, I am a fool for not living my dream, but so are all men, I am a fool for the city.</div><br />
<div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E5iSsPF5I/AAAAAAAACn0/sKs8OU_o2BQ/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E5iSsPF5I/AAAAAAAACn0/sKs8OU_o2BQ/s320/Point+Cabrillo-7.jpg" tt="true" /></a>The afternoon was leisurely spent, taking pictures of the surrounding areas, hills, cliffs, flowers and ravines and from every angle of the lighthouse, , until the arrival of sunset when I occupied a park bench for a few minutes, snacking on a piece of chocolate and gazing out to sea. I caught a glimpse of some far away whales, spouting water into the air in the distant horizon I observed some romantic couples taking pictures of each other and I wrapped up the day passing a few tips to Prashant about the art of photography. Then it was a trek back to the MDX, a bite eat, some coffee and the final trek home. It was a good day, except for filling up with gas, nearly $5 a gallon, ouch in Mendocino.</div><br />
<div></div><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><em>History</em></span></strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E53EHitII/AAAAAAAACn8/nSs_OAlnvkw/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E53EHitII/AAAAAAAACn8/nSs_OAlnvkw/s320/Point+Cabrillo-8.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><strong>1850: July 25th</strong> The brig Frolic, heading for San Francisco from Hong Kong, sank off Point Cabrillo. This event was indirectly responsible for the lumber industry in northern California. Miggs a San Francisco businessman sent his foreman Ford to make some salvage attempts from the frolic. Forded reported back about the massive redwoods and Miggs setup what is considered the first Sawmill company in Northern California. He founded what is now known as Mendocino town. the Mendocino coast was soon home to hundreds of thriving sawmills.<br />
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<div></div><strong>1873</strong>: The Lighthouse Service surveys Point Cabrillo for a light station.<br />
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<div></div><strong>1908</strong>: The demand for lumber to rebuild San Francisco from the 1906 earthquake meant that the demand for seafaring commerce was at a peak. The safety of sea going vessels and their cargo was critical, so construction of a lighthouse began.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E6H09jUuI/AAAAAAAACoc/OaVbt0sz5-g/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E6H09jUuI/AAAAAAAACoc/OaVbt0sz5-g/s320/Point+Cabrillo-12.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><strong>1905</strong>: Due to the growth of the Sawmills and the export of wood to the south and commercial goods to the north, the lumber industry petitioned for a lighthouse in the area<br />
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<strong>1906</strong>: The Earthquake in San Francisco set off an inferno that increased demand for lumber for rebuilding; more commercial sea going traffic was making its way up and down the Mendocino coast, it was at all time high. The seafarers and the merchants put pressure on the Government for a lighthouse. Congress allocated $50,000 for a light station on Point Cabrillo.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E6XWeFm_I/AAAAAAAACo8/NYB8SqSw3cE/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E6XWeFm_I/AAAAAAAACo8/NYB8SqSw3cE/s320/Point+Cabrillo-16.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><strong>1908</strong> The US lighthouse Service began building the light station on 30.5 acres of land. The assignment was one of the most desirable in the area because of its closeness to provisions and a school. The combination lighthouse and fog signal building resembles a small church with a 47-foot octagonal light tower attached to the eastern end of the small 1 ½ story fog signal building. 2 18-hp engines housed in the building ran an air compressor that powered twin sirens protruding from the western end of the roof. A 3rd order Fresnel lens, built in England by Chance Brothers, was installed in the lantern room. Powered by a kerosene lamp it produced a white flash every 10 seconds, the 4 sided prism, operated by a clockwork mechanism was made to revolve 3 times every 3 minutes, using a 80lb weight suspended in the tower on a chain which descended through the floors of the tower. The keeper had to wind the chain up unto a cylindrical drum every couple of hours. The concrete floor was modified to add an extra 5 ft of chain, which gained an addition 10 minutes, the light had a range of 13-15 miles, The station inland consisted 3 spacious keepers houses framed by trees, coal house, carpentry shop, smith shop, 2 water towers, a barn and a pump house. The Station was staffed with a head light keeper and two assistant keepers and between them they rotated shifts to power the compressors and insured the light kept burning. Their duties included cleaning, painting, maintenance of the structures and they maintained the fog signal, lens and station machinery. For this their remuneration from the lighthouse service, a house for their family, a salary of $450-$600 and land to raise crops and livestock<br />
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<strong>1909: June 10th midnight</strong>. A new sentinel appears on the Pacific Coast and the light at Point Cabrillo was illuminated. The first appointed Chief lightkeeper Wilhelm Baumgartner; he had transferred from offshore St Georges reef lighthouse, invited surrounding residents of Pine Grove to go to the midnight ceremony. The First assistant wife Mrs. basset prepared supper for about 40 guests that dark foggy night. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E6QVfv33I/AAAAAAAACos/Eim_8bqlZTc/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E6QVfv33I/AAAAAAAACos/Eim_8bqlZTc/s320/Point+Cabrillo-14.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><strong>1911</strong>: Baumgartner wed the blacksmiths daughter Lena Seman from Mendocino. The Light Service hinted he should marry seeing as he was now in charge of a family station. The kerosene lamp in the lens was upgraded to an oil-vapor lamp. <br />
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<strong>1912</strong>: A concrete oil house structure was built at the light station. <br />
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<strong>1923</strong>: Wilhelm Baumgartner dies. he had lived with his wife for nearly 12 tears at Point Cabrillo.<br />
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<div></div><strong>1935</strong>: Electricity is introduced; electric motors replace the clockwork mechanism to rotate the lens and power the fog signal and the electric light bulb replaces the oil vapor lamp to light the lens. <br />
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<strong>1939</strong>: The Coast Guard takes over the light station from the Lighthouse Service. Bill Owens is the last civilian Lightkeeper at Point Cabrillo, Coast Guards and their families took up residence at Point Cabrillo.<br />
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<strong>1952</strong>: Bill Owens with his wife Cora relocated to Point Cabrillo from Point Arena. Cora described a battle with a wretched goat that endangered her flower garden. <br />
“There was a goat that kept jumping the fence onto the light station and eating anything and everything that grew. The men kept putting him back into the field until they got disgusted and shot him in the leg. He just lay in the grass unable to walk. I felt sorry for him and kept a pan of water near his head. There was plenty of grass beside him that he could eat. After four or five days he got up and started walking, and he was put over the fence again. He stayed there after that.” <br />
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<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JoiOoNmtEX13UIgTZgWfwCzd0WQunbxGa0A9EHHGoW00LPWXJizeEzni_tGm4yeP6OQn82QZpdFWdGDBxKgFg_PkJJ0QIt7edYbckBnU8RCHxdT1qouloyzgAiy-aQLMSctRGFJ1yMY/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JoiOoNmtEX13UIgTZgWfwCzd0WQunbxGa0A9EHHGoW00LPWXJizeEzni_tGm4yeP6OQn82QZpdFWdGDBxKgFg_PkJJ0QIt7edYbckBnU8RCHxdT1qouloyzgAiy-aQLMSctRGFJ1yMY/s320/Point+Cabrillo-13.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div></div><strong>1960</strong>: February the lighthouse was brutally hammered by a fierce storm, by rocks ripped from the cliffs below the point. Massive waves relentlessly struck the station with enough force to break the doors; the fog signal engines was lifted from its base and slammed against the buildings wall. After the storm subsided, the floor of the lighthouse was deep in mud, gravel and sand. The keepers after turning the light on sought refuge in the eastern most buildings hoping the waves would not reach them. Cora described the event of that day.<br />
“Late in the evening, after dark, I heard a sound that reminded me of cattle or horses stampeding. I wondered what it was but had to wait until morning to find out. … On the south side of the property, I found that a great many rocks had been thrown up by the waves a great distance from the edge of the bluff. One huge rock was at least fifty feet back from the cliff.”<br />
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<div></div>The Lens survived the storm intact was not damaged.<br />
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<strong>1963 Feb 28th: </strong>The last civilian light house keeper on the west coast, Bill Owens retires from Point Cabrillo. The coast guard manned the station<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E5U49p1FI/AAAAAAAACnM/-pI8V5kMuLo/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E5U49p1FI/AAAAAAAACnM/-pI8V5kMuLo/s320/Point+Cabrillo-4.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><strong>1973</strong>: The Coast Guard disengaged the Fresnel lens and installed an aero-marine rotating beacon, it was mounted on the roof of the fog signal building. The Fresnel lens remained in the lantern tower; the clockwork mechanism and fog signal machinery was removed. The station was automated, and maintained by Coast Guard from Fort Bragg.<br />
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<strong>1978</strong> The Coastal Conservancy acquired the Point Cabrillo land, and operated the Preserve with the North Coast Interpretive Association (NCIA).<br />
1989, the Coast Guard planned to move the inactive Fresnel lens to a museum in Virginia. Local opposition kept the lens at Point Cabrillo. <br />
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<strong>1991</strong>: The Coastal Conservancy acquired the Light Station with its surrounding lands and aligned with the North Coast Interpretive Association, a non-profit group, to administer Point Cabrillo. <br />
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<div></div><strong>1992</strong> The Coastal Conservancy takes over the light station from the Coast guard<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E5bEfecBI/AAAAAAAACnc/9n2NIpY2vnw/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E5bEfecBI/AAAAAAAACnc/9n2NIpY2vnw/s320/Point+Cabrillo-5.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><strong>1995</strong>, a major restoration of the station was undertaken. The blacksmith shop and oil house were restored first. The LORAN Coast Guard equipment, formerly housed in the lighthouse, was then relocated to the oil house so work on the lighthouse could begin. In <br />
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<strong>1996</strong>: To restore the lighthouse especially the lantern room and to create public facilities the Conservancy is awarded a federal grant through the ISTEA program (Intermodal Surface Transportation Enhancement Activities) <br />
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<strong>1998</strong>: August Work begins on the project. The Fresnel lens is dismantled and taken from the lantern tower for clean-up and refurbishing. Nov the lantern room was lifted from the tower.<br />
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<div></div><strong>1999</strong> April, the lantern tower restoration is complete; the lens is refurbished and reinstalled in time for the 90th Anniversary. The Coast Guard, NCIA, and Coastal Conservancy help with funding and restoration.<br />
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<strong>2000</strong> California Bond measure for $4 million is passed to Purchase the Point Cabrillo reserve by the California Department of Parks and Recreation<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E5csjDcTI/AAAAAAAACnk/wJmt5Mms128/s1600/Point+Cabrillo-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S9E5csjDcTI/AAAAAAAACnk/wJmt5Mms128/s320/Point+Cabrillo-6.jpg" tt="true" /></a><strong>2005</strong>, the easternmost keeper’s dwelling was completely restored and opened as a museum.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div></div><strong>2006</strong> The head keeper’s dwelling opened as the Lighthouse Inn at Point Cabrillo.<br />
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<div></div><strong>2009</strong> The western building is partially restored, quarters for the caretaker.<br />
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<div></div><em><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Reference</span></strong></em><br />
<ol><li><em>Point Carbillo</em>, Cora Isabel Owens, The Keeper's Log, Spring 1990. </li>
<li> <em>The Keeper's Log,</em> Summer 1999. </li>
<li><em> Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses</em>, Sharlene and Ted Nelson, 1993. </li>
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<div></div>Links<br />
<a href="http://www.mendocino.com/?id=508&url=www.pointcabrillo.org">CA Parks Mendocino</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Cabrillo_Light">Wikipedia</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Southampton Shoal Light</span></b><br />
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<b>Location</b>: <i>SAN JOAQUIN DELTA, TINSLEY ISLAND. </i><br />
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<b>Directions</b>: From the Greater Bay Area, Take 580 East towards Stockton,580 becomes 205,From 205 take I-5 North From I-5 take the Eight Mile Road exit, Head west on Eight Mile road (4 miles), turn left at the King Island Marina sign just before the second bridge, Parking is located on the landside of this levee road. Note: Your GPS can be set to King Island '11530 West Eight Mile Road, Stockton, CA 95219 'as your destination.</div>
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<b>Latitude</b>: 37° 52' 49"<br />
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<b>Longitude</b>: 122° 24' 02</div>
<b>Status</b>: Automated<br />
<b>Year Established</b>: 1905, Dec<br />
<b>Deactivated</b>: 1960<br />
<b>Existing Keepers Quarters</b>? 3 Story White Victorian wooden Building <br />
<b>Foundation</b>: Cylindrical Wood Piles<br />
<b>Tower Shape</b>: Square <br />
<b>Height of Focal Plane</b>: 52 ft<br />
<b>Original</b> <b>Optic</b>: 5th Order, Fresnel, located at Angel Island<br />
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<b>Light Characteristic</b>: Fl. W., 4 s (1 s fl)</div>
<b>Fog Signal: Electric Horn</b>/ Orig. Mechanized bell<br />
<b>Fog Signal Characteristic</b>: Diaphone (gp of 2 blasts ev 30 s (2s bl-6s si-2s bl-20 s si)), <br />
<b>ARLHS</b> number: USA-777<br />
<b>U.S.C.G. District</b>: 11<br />
<b>Current Use</b>: Yacht Club<br />
<b>Owner/Manager</b>: Private<br />
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<b>Miscellaneous</b>: Saint FrancisYacht Club moved the top 2 stories to <i>San</i> <i>Joaquin</i> <i>delta</i>, Tinsley Island</div>
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Undaunted, I proceeded to to find a solution to this challenge. I pondered the options before me, I could rent a fishing boat and go fishing near the Island, I could see if they had a volunteer program on their website, lighthouses need a lot of tlc, I logged on and found that I just missed out on the toiler’s event. So I decided to send an email to Steve the Island manager and continued my quest visiting other lighthouses. Surprised on Aug 4th 2009 I get an email from Ed, offering in the time period Oct/Nov, I could come to the Island and take my pictures. This was an exciting opportunity.</div>
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I arrived at <i>Kings</i> <i>Island</i>; around 8:30 am, the area was a bit rough and ready. The unsophisticated character of the place made me appreciate the remoteness of the regions I visit. The sun quickly retreated and the fog moved across the water towards the pier I was standing on. A few people looking isolated and alone where standing about and the temperature took a sudden drop. Almost eerily I was in a timeless zone waiting on some event. Everything was lost in the fogbank. My fingers pained me with the cold, I headed to the shop/café that was open.As I entered and the bell over the door rang, ting aling, ting aling, two women who where engrossed in conversation, turned their head and looked in my direction. Immediately they recognized I was not one of their usual drop ins. They appeared as if they where in their mid 40’s to their early 50’s, with bottle blond hair. I greeted them with a witty comment about the weather,and they returned my greeting with some warm jesting, I asked for coffee and they both pointed to the coffee pot and said it was free. The ice was broken and we entered on of those moments when people open up to perfect strangers and we swapped stories.</div>
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I explained that I am a photographer and I take pictures of lighthouses and this was the reason I was visiting <i>Tinsley</i> <i>Island</i> for the day to shoot <i>Southampton</i> <i>Shoal</i>. One the women shared about her passion to visit lighthouses with her husband, and continued to tell me about the ones in California she had been to. I took my coffee and headed back to the fog, I wandered about the place and managed to shoot a few pictures. The ferry boat came and so did Ed, we met near the wharf, Ed introduced himself and Tony, and we headed to the ferry boat and soon we where on the delta making our way to the Island. When we arrived at the Island and the fog had not yet encompassed the region. I fired off a quick shot when I first saw the lighthouse, little did I know that these where the only ones with blue skies. The lighthouse was well maintained and held a lot of its character from the past.</div>
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I had several hours to move around the grounds and the lighthouse. I hoped for better lighting and that the sky would clear up. I used my wide angle lens primarily in the house and for some of my outside shots. What I could not escape from was the autumn effect, dead leaves and plants that had no life. I could only picture what beauty this place has in the summer. Just at the end of the day, as I was leaving and my cameras packed, the sun came out. Almost unwillingly I left on the ferry, looking back as the lighthouse receded into the inlet of the island. The remainder of the day I spent moving around the delta, taking some pictures of the waterways and the farm fields, knowing inwardly I had not done this lighthouse justice, I headed home, hoping I can salvage this shoot, with some creative process’s.</div>
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<b>1900</b>: <i>Santa</i> <i>Fe</i> Ferry railroad starts a route between <i>Point</i> <i>Richmond</i> and <i>San</i> <i>Francisco</i>. At the same time marine traffic was getting busier from <i>Mare</i> <i>Island</i> and the <i>Carquinez</i> <i>strait</i>. Due to the shallowness of the water at Southeast Point of Southampton Shoals, the lighthouse board realized the need for a lighthouse to mark the danger due to the sea going traffic they petitioned congress for $30,000 for the navigational aid.</div>
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<b>1905</b>: <i>Southampton</i> <i>Shoal</i> Lighthouse was completed, adding one more light beacon to the array of lights that guided sea vessels through <i>San</i> <i>Francisco</i> Bay At the <i>Southampton’s</i> <i>shoal</i>, northeast of <i>Angel</i> <i>Island</i>, a 3 white story Victorian Lighthouse structure, with a 4 sided red roof was constructed upon 11 cylinder poles over the shoal to mark a hazard of shallow waters on the shoal, it was known as the “<b><i>House</i></b> <b><i>on</i></b> <i><b>the</b></i> <b><i>Bay</i></b>.” A square wooden tower with a 5th Order Fresnel lens made in 1886 extended through the center of the lighthouse. Wooden Balconies encompassed the 1st and 2nd stories. Its accommodation was home to the light keeper, assistant light keeper and their families. Located on the second story was a mechanized 3,500 lb brass bell and a unobstructed view of the bay. The bottom story was used for storage, and the location of the workshop, Also the boat hung from davits, and was the place of a major tragedy. Located in the middle of the bay, this isolated the lightstation from civilization, its environment was damp and cold, and life was very difficult for the keepers and their families. Fresh water was collected by rainwater via the roof – often spoiled by seagulls. The keepers set up wire mesh around the lantern room balcony to deter birds; the keepers did not dispose of waste into the bay which might attract gulls. From The light station to the shore was a often hazardous boat ride.</div>
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During the Christmas holidays, the in-laws of keeper Lunden's where visiting the light station When returning to shore by boat, the engine stalled, and the boat was swept by the currents into the path of a oncoming ferry, which narrowly avoided the boat. Eventually the boat wound up at the Immigration Station on Angel Island.<br />
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<b>1906</b>: Twice the light station nearly fell into the bay, once due to erosion, and then the 1906 <i>San</i> <i>Francisco</i> earthquake permanently tilted its support pilings as much as 11 deg eastward, After the lighthouse service had placed several tons of rocks around the steel columns to strengthen and stabilize the support. <br />
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<b>1929</b>: Ole Lunden was working in <i>San</i> <i>Francisco</i> as a streetcar motorman, he saw economic times ahead where getting worse. He asked his friend Milford Johnson, on leave from the <i>Farallon</i> <i>Islands</i> Lighthouse, to assist him to get a job as a lightkeeper. Lunden filled out an application, and was offered an assistant keepers position at Southampton Shoal. Lunden gladly accepted the assignment, and he and his wife, Bernice, moved to the station. The head keeper Frank Schou’s family lived in San Francisco. Soon the crews of passing tug boats were shocked to see female’s lingerie being aired at the lighthouse. Ole recalled, “They made a close pass by the lighthouse to get a good look at Bernice. She was the first woman they’d ever seen on this offshore station.” The Lunden’s developed a close relationship with the crews. In exchange for a fresh fish or crab dinner they would deliver the newspaper. </div>
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<i>Yerba</i> <i>Buena</i> <i>Keeper</i> Albert Joust rowed 5 miles to Southampton Shoal to ask Lunden if he would exchange assignments. Lunden worried about his wife making trips ashore on the light stations boat jumped at the offer. The light service approved of the transfer</div>
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<b>1930</b>: Albert Joost and his wife moved to their new home at <i>Southampton</i> <i>shoals</i>. This decision to transfer was to have tragic consequences in later years.<br />
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<b>1939</b>: The US Coast Guard take control of the station, the mechanized bell is replaced by a pair diaphone horns.<br />
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<b>1960</b>, The US Coast Guard determined that a manned station was no longer needed so the Coast guard deactivated <i>Southampton</i> <i>shoal</i> lighthouse, and replaced it with an automated beacon. The lighthouse was sold to <i>Saint</i> <i>Francis</i> <i>Yacht</i> club, the top 2 stories where lifted off by giant cranes and moved by barge to <i>Tinsley</i> <i>Island</i> in <i>San</i> <i>Joaquin</i> river delta just northwest of <i>Stockton</i>, where it now located as a integral part of the <i>Saint</i> <i>Francis</i> <i>Yacht</i> <i>club</i>, its used as a bunk house by visiting club members. The original lens was moved to <i>Angel</i> <i>Island’s</i> Interpretive Center. The operation of <i>Southampton</i> <i>Shoals</i> fog signal is now controlled by personnel at Point Blunt. <br />
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<b>2010</b>: The pilings used for support the lighthouse is all that remains of the original structure and supports an automated bell which chimes every ten seconds and red light mounted on a pole, which flashes on for three seconds and is then dark for 3 seconds in each six second cycle<br />
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<i>1. Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses, Sharlene and Ted Nelson, 1993. </i></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Tinsley Island, Stockton, CA 95219, USA38.0376991 -121.495784938.0376991 -121.4957849 38.0376991 -121.4957849tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-89054537247350164872010-01-20T22:10:00.000-08:002010-01-20T22:10:26.662-08:00Mile Rock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S1athbH8hxI/AAAAAAAACbg/-SzsJzHP9xk/s1600-h/Mile+Rock-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S1athbH8hxI/AAAAAAAACbg/-SzsJzHP9xk/s320/Mile+Rock-15.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Location:</span></strong> <br />
Located on the south side of the entrance to <em>San</em> <em>Francisco</em> <em>Bay</em> west of the <em>Golden</em> <em>Gate</em> <em>Bridge</em>. <br />
<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Directions:</span></strong> <br />
A Coastal Trail to a viewing area can be accessed via the parking lot at <em>Lincoln</em> <em>Park</em> at the end of <em>El</em> <em>Camino</em> <em>Del</em> <em>Mar</em>/<em>48th</em> Ave. (From <em>Ocean</em> <em>Beach</em>, follow <em>Point</em> <em>Lobos</em> <em>Avenue</em> north past the <em>Cliff</em> <em>House</em> and the <em>Sutro</em> <em>Bath</em> ruins. Turn left at the traffic lights on <em>El</em> <em>Camino</em> <em>Del</em> <em>Mar</em>/<em>48th</em> <em>Ave</em>. Heading down <em>Point</em> <em>Lobos</em>; make a right turn at the traffic lights on <em>El</em> <em>Camino</em> <em>Del</em> <em>Mar</em>/<em>48th</em> <em>Ave</em>.). Follow the road into the parking lot at <em>Fort</em> <em>Miley</em>/<em>Lincoln</em> <em>Park</em>. <br />
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<strong>Latitude</strong>: 37.79282 <br />
<strong>Longitude</strong>: -122.510375 <br />
<strong>Status</strong>: Active <br />
<strong>Year established</strong>: 1906 <br />
<strong>Latitude</strong>: 37 deg 47 min 33 sec N <br />
<strong>Longitude</strong>: 122 deg 30 min 34 sec W <br />
<strong>Height above sea level</strong>: 49 feet <br />
<strong>Tower Height</strong>:40 ft. <br />
<strong>Original</strong> <strong>Optic</strong>: 3rd Order, Fresnel, ruby red <br />
<strong>Original construction</strong>: white caisson with orange bands <br />
<strong>Status</strong>: automated in 1966, active aid to navigation <br />
<strong>Light characteristic</strong>: flashing white every 5 seconds, visible for 15 nautical miles, <strong>Fog horn</strong>: 1 blast every 30 seconds lasting 2 seconds <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S1atCyLPLBI/AAAAAAAACaI/YibgOHs-xsQ/s1600-h/Mile+Rock-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/S1atCyLPLBI/AAAAAAAACaI/YibgOHs-xsQ/s320/Mile+Rock-4.jpg" /></a>What is an <em>adventure</em>, if it does not have some sort of intrigue or fun? The <em>intrigue</em> can take many forms. Is the <em>weather</em> going to cooperate? How accessible is the location and what are the opportunities for interactions with the people and the environment. The fun often comes in solving these challenges that beset my journey from the onset to end. Often times I put myself in harms way, not intentionally, but in chasing the prize and to finish the journey so it’s not incomplete. My overall challenge is to take good pictures of all the lighthouses and locations in <em>California</em>. So far I have sat on dismal cliffs as far north as <em>Crescent</em> <em>City</em>, and climbed a volcanic 300 ft as far South as <em>Point</em> <em>Sur</em>. My ambition is to go down to <em>San</em> <em>Diego</em> and work my way up the coast. I have been on ferries and boats, stayed in dinghy motels, Drank wine on mountain tops, surfed the net in the wilderness, saw cows on the lurch on the side mountains above the clouds as if they where mountain goats, saw a medley of American flags in a trunk, in the midst of woods, watched big and small seals mate, met the most wonderful people and got drunk on nature, now that’s an adventure. <br />
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When I arrive at a lighthouse location, I am uncertain as what to expect, it could be totally demolished, vandalized, or might be inaccessible because the coast guard still has ownership, like Yerba Buena. I quickly scan the site looking for light, structures, uniqueness and whatever works for image capture. I stroll around the marina, harbors, parking lots, cliffs, beaches and at times climb the sides of Mountains. Some more challenges for the future is to learn scuba diving, horseback riding, take a ride in a helicopter, fishing boat, and kayak to get to some of these sites. The weather is another challenge, from blue skies to a dull overcast grayness. At times because of the grayness of the weather and or the conditions of the lighthouse grounds and structures, I have to improvise, and promise myself a return journey. At times I wish I had a video camera with me on these trips to try and capture the uniqueness of the moment, I am also trying new ways to present my images to the unsuspecting world. Maybe I might find a way of the old masters, such as Cezanne, Picasso,Seurat or even some Modern day artists for drawing inspiration. <br />
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It was around 10:30 I arrived at my Brother Eddie’s house. The day was dark and grey; I was hoping that it would burn off by afternoon. We decided that we would go and have breakfast somewhere near the <em>Ocean</em> <em>Beach</em> or <em>Point</em> <em>Lobos</em> <em>Ave</em>, and wait for the blanket of fog to burn off, we knew the weather in <em>San</em> <em>Francisco</em> is unpredictable, it can be foggy one minute and the next the sun can be shining from a nice blue sky. So it’s always a gamble even in the summer time to visit <em>San</em> <em>Francisco</em>. We dropped by <em>Starbucks</em> and picked up a few coffees and we where on our way. It was a quick run on highway 280, and turnoff towards the zoo, which brought us to the waterfront beach. <br />
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</div>As we got closer to the <em>Ocean</em> <em>Beach</em> front, near the cliff house on <em>Point</em> <em>Lobos</em> <em>avenue</em>, the fog looked real menacing, it was dense and the waves on the shoreline came crashing with a load roar, that gave a hauntingly cold feeling, not at all welcoming, and it was already crossing our minds that maybe we should be heading south towards our other favorite haunts, <em>Point</em> <em>Montara</em> and <em>Pigeon</em> <em>Point</em>. Driving towards the cliff house we spotted <em>Beach</em> <em>Chalet</em> restaurant and decided we would drop in there for breakfast.<br />
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Breakfast was not too bad, it would have been a lot better if they did not plaster garlic all over the potatoes. We both had the same items, eggs, sausage, wheat toast, potatoes, coffee and orange juice. Eddie wanted some pancakes but he was out of luck only served Mon – Fri. Also the atmosphere was a bit yuppie and pricey about $50 for both of us, Eddie paid. <em>Beach</em> <em>Chalet</em> is interesting place to visit, some large murals of the history of the area on the walls and some great models of golden gate park, certainly a place of interest for tourists to visit. <br />
We continued to observe the dense fog and the waves pounding the beach as we leisurely ate our breakfast, the fog looked like it had settled for the day and was not about to budge. After breakfast we wandered around the beach chalet building, it is an interesting place, located just off the <em>Ocean</em> <em>Beach</em>; the downstairs of the building is filled with lots of pictures, <em>stories</em> and models of the History of the park with a large scale model showing the park’s layout. We had breakfast in the upstairs part of restaurant <br />
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</div>My vehicle was parked on a nearby road, which was close to a giant windmill called Wilhelmina windmill park, In case the Mile Rock lighthouse trip was not going to work out, I would at least get some pictures of the windmill. We spent some time in the park before continuing our quest for mile rock; I helped my brother Eddie with the use of a DSLR. I lent him my Canon 40D with a 17-40mm lens. I watched the excitement as he used a semi professional camera. He moved around the park as if the Windmill was his model. Looking for variations and different perspectives; shooting windmills can be as exciting as shooting lighthouses; they bring you back to a world gone into the fading recesses of our minds. To try and salvage what is gone, becomes the job of the photographer, to move from pretty pictures to ones that encapsulates meaning. In my minds eye, I have to do is see the windmill working in its heyday as I would see a lighthouse. This is where my form of art lies. It’s developing the ability to open a persons mind to another world, precept, idea or vision. <br />
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</div>Finding <em>Lincoln</em> <em>Park</em> was not too hard, it was just North of the Cliff house, that’s going uphill, there is a cross roads with a traffic light. It can be called <em>48th</em> <em>avenue</em> or <em>El</em> <em>Camino</em> <em>Del</em> <em>Mar</em>. We went up the hill and turned left, into <em>Fort</em> <em>Miley</em>/<em>Lincoln</em> <em>Park</em> and parked in the parking lot. It’s free. We followed the path down towards the water, turned right and made our way towards the golden gate bridge. About a ¼ of a mile in on the trail, there is a good view spot with benches for looking out over the bay. When we arrived at <em>Lincoln</em> <em>Park</em>, the fog was still hanging over the bay and was quiet close to shore. Not too many people about, a few volunteers planting and tilling the hillside. And a few tourists trying to get a picture with the golden gate bridge in the background. The weather was on the chilly side, from a distance we could hear the fog horn blaring out its dire warnings in the background. With the dense fog and the sound of the Foghorn, you realized why they needed a station here at mile rock. It was also very surreal, it reminded me of a scene in the <em>Humphrey</em> <em>Bogart</em> movie <em>Casa</em> <em>Blanca</em>, Characters <em>Louis</em> and <em>Rick</em> walk into the fog. <br />
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</div>Loaded with our cameras, we strolled along the coastal path, looking out into the fog laden waters for the lighthouse, at first we did not see the lighthouse, and then it appeared ever so dimly from behind the fog. It was like a giant striped mushroom appearing ever so dimly; almost eerily, combined with the foghorn and the <em>Golden</em> <em>Gate</em> bridge it was twilight shot. My attitude is to accept, what you are given, because in a moment everything could be gone. I snapped a few pictures. As we continued to stroll, the fog continued to retreat and a picturesque scene unfolded before our eyes, the bridge and its two towers protruded above the thick blanket of fog. The sun shone on the fog, and it appeared like a white giant cigar sitting under the bridge and the mountains on the other side of the bay basked in heavens light as they rose above the fog. It was as if the world was changing before our eyes, click, click, click. We got some pretty pictures. I could see Eddie was taking a serious interest in working with the Dslr camera. I had set the 40D on AV and this allowed him think only about the basics, strap around the neck, clean lens, and how to hold the camera. I kept the technical stuff to the minimum. <br />
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</div>We meandered along the trail a bit further, maybe for a mile or two. Some incredibly steep climbs or steps, Eddie is just as nuts as I am when it comes to pushing our bodies. His back must have driven him crazy with the pain. My knee, even though I had a knee brace was singing aloud with pain. But of course that was not going to stop us from following this trail. The nature trail provided a number of places to take some wonderful shots and allowed me to teach Eddie about the trickery light plays with the camera. We came to area on the trail where I could see the Arch of the Golden gate bridge, just about where fort Point is located. I thought if I waited a few minutes the fog would pull back, so I could get a good shot of the bridge and Fort Point. But it was not to be. The constant blaring of the foghorn could be heard coming though the fog. It sounded almost eerily that there was danger in the fog. Even as I write this I still hear the mourning blare “<strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">BEEEEEEE</span></em></strong>-<strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">Ohhhh</span></em></strong>” of the foghorn in my ears. It’s like one of those <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir">Film noir</a> movies, standing on the wharf, and far-off in the night, through the misty fog, the deep sound of a foghorn can be heard. It can be a romantic sound, if you’re a lover waiting ashore for your loved one come in on the ship, or a signal of danger cliffs or rocks ahead. On the water, it blares out “<strong><span style="color: red;">Here is danger!</span></strong>” and echoes. “<strong><span style="color: red;">Stay well clear</span></strong>.“. With no clearing of the fog, we decided it was time to turn back. <br />
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</div>On our return trek, we met, a young couple where the young man was having breathing problems climbing the steps. An elderly group of English people from <em>Manchester</em> <em>England</em> sitting at one the state rest spots on the steps, we passed a few moments of joviality with this group and as the Sun was picking its way out from the clouds so where more and more people appearing on the trail. It was like a new day, Sun and Blue skies. We turned a bend in the road, near <em>Mile</em> <em>Rock</em> <em>Beach</em> and there was our lighthouse, without its main tower, yet it looked great, it was a orange stripped mushroom, the top had been leveled so that it was a helipad. The sun had finally won out over the fog. I could see right over to the other side of the bay. I could see <em>Point</em> <em>Bonita</em> and <em>Point</em> <em>Diablo</em> and at the Bridge Fort Point. This had the makings for a great day. <br />
We finished our day shooting, noticed the young volunteers had finished taking care of the plants. Made our way to my SUV and then decided we would have a late lunch or an early dinner. It was around 4:30 pm, we dropped into a restaurant on the corner of <em>48th</em>, <em>Seal</em> <em>Rock</em> <em>Inn</em>, my advice stay away. The food is cheap and so is everything else. Coffee tasted as if it was burned, the fries had no taste, as for the fish, it was not caught fresh from the bay. It looked as there was a mini convention for some old bikers going on as we ate. We enjoyed the remainder of the day, and took the long way home and enjoyed the scenery. <br />
<strong><span style="font-size: large;">History:</span></strong> <br />
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</div><strong>1889</strong> <strong>November</strong>, The fog bell at <a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2008/08/fort-point.html"><em>Fort</em> Point</a>, at times could not be heard at <em>Mile</em> <em>Rocks</em> a pair of stones about half a mile north of <em>Point</em> <em>Lobos</em> in <em>San</em> <em>Francisco</em> and a Mile south of the mid channel of the main shipping lanes coming into the <em>Golden</em> <em>Gate</em> Strait. Considered to be hazardous due to fog and strong currents, building on top of the rocks or dynamiting them was not considered practical. The <strong><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Lighthouse_Board">Lighthouse Service Board</a></em></strong> Placed a bell buoy, near the area of the rocks. The strong currents of the waters would often submerge the buoy and set it adrift. <br />
<strong>1890</strong> The ineffective buoy was removed. <br />
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</div><strong>1901</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>22</strong>, the worst ship disaster in <em>San</em> <em>Francisco</em> history took place. The steamer, <em>City</em> <em>Rio</em> <em>Janeiro</em> from <em>Hong</em> <em>Kong</em> ran aground at <em>Fort</em> <em>Point</em> Ledge. As it entered the <em>Golden</em> <em>Gate</em> there was a heavy fog, the warning bell from <em>Fort</em> <em>point</em> was not heard, they ran aground and In approximately 8 minutes the steamer sunk, and 100 to 200 souls where lost. The public outcry for better infrastructure to keep ships safe was heard by Congress and funds where appropriated for the construction of a lighthouse at <em>Mile</em> <em>Rocks</em>. Just North of Point Lobos, at the mouth of the bay, was two large rocks that edged in and out of the water, disappearing with the onslaught of waves. The larger of these rocks 30ft by 40ft at high water, "Mile Rocks," was selected for the building of the lighthouse. <br />
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</div><strong>1904</strong>. <em>James</em> <em>A</em>. <em>McMahon</em>, set out with a crew of skilled construction workers, when they saw the challenge of working on the small, barnacled wave-washed rock, they turned down work because of safety issues. <em>McMahon</em> recruited a group of deep-water sailors from the waterfront - less skilled as construction workers, but familiar with hazards of the sea. They arrived on the job by jumping from a small boat to the rock, often ending up in the water. The <em>Rio</em> <em>Rey</em> was anchored nearby to provide living quarters for the crew. The lighthouse is considered to be one of America's greatest engineering feats. The <em>Mile</em> <em>Rock</em> Lighthouse was the only <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)">caisson</a></strong> style lighthouse on the west coast, described by some as a steel or metal wedding cake. A good portion of the rock was blasted to provide a level foundation. 4ft thick walls, built 35ft high of concrete cosseted by steel plating was the foundation base of the 3 tiered telescoping steel towers. A water cistern and fuel tanks where located within the 35ft base. Steel and concrete in the foundation alone weighed 1,500 tons. The first tier housed the fog signal apparatus, the 2nd tier was the keeper’s quarters, 2 stories, the 1st story had the dayroom, office, and kitchen and the 2nd story the sleeping quarters and bathroom, with the lantern room and storage room on the 3rd tier. The lantern room with its cross hatched windows housed a 3rd order fixed Fresnel lens. <br />
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</div><strong>1906</strong> <strong>Feb</strong> <strong>15th</strong>, <em>Mile</em> <em>Rocks</em> joined the sentinels on the west coast with beacon and blare of the fog horn. The light was illuminated by an oil vapor lamp, housed in a <em>Funck</em> 3rd order fixed Fresnel lens. A 3 sec blast every 27 seconds came from a 10" air whistle; operated by duplicate 20 hp <em>Hornsby-Akroyd</em> oil engine. The lighthouse had a crew of 4. Because the living area was so small, families could not live in the lighthouse. The light keeper’s family lived ashore and the light keepers rotated duties. Because <em>Mile</em> <em>Rocks</em> was so isolated, and there was no escaping the blast of the fog signal day or night. the Coast Guard relieved the men one week off for every two weeks worked. Getting to the Light Station involved maneuvering a small boat, at times in the midst of large swells, under a 40ft boom extended over the water to scale a rope ladder (Jacobs Ladder) lowered from the catwalk above to the rocking boats below, from bobbing decks the keeper had to snag the Jacob’s ladder suspended from the tower’s catwalk, and make a 30 ft ascent to the lighthouse tower, occasionally the keeper would be knocked from the ladder. Despite the risks Light Keeper Lyman Woodruff remaind on mile Rocks for 18yrs. <br />
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<strong>1960's</strong>, was the beginning of the end for <em>Mile</em> <em>Rocks</em>, The coast guard deemed the station too difficult to access and maintain they decided over public outcry to automate it. <br />
<strong>1966</strong> <strong>August</strong>, The conversion was completed. The upper 2 tiers were removed and a heli-pad created. Solar panels powered the light station. Air horns served as the fog signal and the Fresnel lens was replaced by an aero beacon and moved to the lantern room in <em>Old</em> <em>Point</em> <em>Loma</em> <em>San</em> <em>Diego</em>, at an expense of $110,000. <br />
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</div><strong>1992</strong> Ending another tradition, the Coast Guard stopped the distinctive foghorns replacing them with electronic signals. Protests from romantics all over San Francisco brought some of the horns back. <br />
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</div><strong>2009</strong>: Today, The white 85-ft tower at <em>Mile</em> <em>Rocks</em> cannot be seen anymore. It now appears like a stubby striped mushroom, its former glory gone. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">References</span></strong> <br />
1. <em>Guardians of the Golden Gate</em>, Ralph Shanks, 1990. <br />
2.<em> Lighthouses of the Pacific</em>, Jim Gibbs, 1986. <br />
3.<em> Lighthouse of California</em>, Bruce Roberts & Ray Jones,1930 <br />
4. <em>California Lighthouse Life</em>,Wayne C. Wheeler,2000 <br />
5. <em>Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses</em>, Sharlene and Ted Nelson, 1993. <br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-44611091236934685612009-10-20T16:45:00.000-07:002009-12-23T17:34:35.138-08:00Carquinez Strait/Glen Cove Marina<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZI0NTtyI/AAAAAAAACUc/e_kEgJYgfSw/s1600-h/Carquinez-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418350572180059938" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZI0NTtyI/AAAAAAAACUc/e_kEgJYgfSw/s400/Carquinez-1.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Location </strong></span><br />Located between <em>Suisun Bay</em> and <em>San Pablo Bay</em>, not far inland from the <em>Carquinez Bridge</em>, once sat the beautiful <em>Carquinez Strait Lighthouse</em>. This fabulous structure was moved to its present location in <em>Elliot Cove</em> just over a mile from its original home on August 6, 1955.<br /><strong>Direction<br /></strong>The Lighthouse now acts as home to the <em>Glen Cove Marina</em>. Take Interstate 80 to Interstate 780 in <em>Vallejo</em> and go south towards <em>Benicia</em>, exit on <em>Glen</em> <em>Cove</em> road and go south. Turn left onto <em>Glen</em> <em>Cove</em> Parkway and take a left on <em>Glen</em> <em>Cove</em> Marina Road which ends at the marina<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZKmQ1OqI/AAAAAAAACU8/GHc1THsGtx4/s1600-h/Carquinez-4-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418350602796481186" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZKmQ1OqI/AAAAAAAACU8/GHc1THsGtx4/s400/Carquinez-4-2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Journal<br /></span></strong>The day started out with a deep blue sky, the yellow golden orb hung low in the sky and its rays reflected against the green Eastbay hills. The drive to <em>Carquinez</em>, took over an hour from my home in <em>Castro</em> <em>Valley</em>. I came prepared with my flask of coffee, some sandwiches, my netbook and of course my cameras. I Plugged my iPod into aux input in my SUV radio and I was on my way. The drive was proved to be uneventful, freeway all the way; I never really left suburbia, so I was left wanting my fix on nature.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZKNq4yFI/AAAAAAAACU0/rosAHH-39m0/s1600-h/Carquinez-4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418350596194879570" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZKNq4yFI/AAAAAAAACU0/rosAHH-39m0/s400/Carquinez-4.jpg" /></a><br /><br />When I set out on these journeys, I never know what direction my mind will go in or what my influence what I shoot. This time I noticed as I was driving, the marring of the countryside, by large round oil storage tanks, I assume was used for oil refinery. I noticed smoke stacks and lots of trucks spewing out junk. There is a lot of pollution in and near Benicia; I assume the refineries and industrialization was here first and the people came later. Also I assume that when the refineries first set up shop, they probably thought they where far enough away from civilization to cause harm. People will always park their bodies near jobs, not thinking about consequences of pollution on the health of their families. I felt sad to see the beauty of the surrounding nature compromised by industrialization and urban sprawl. I realize that I am a guilty party to the urban sprawl; I have my house on the <em>Castro</em> <em>Valley</em> hills, it was once a nice rolling countryside and home to animals, it is now an eyesore of Modern, upscale single family dwellings. I don’t ever believe we will see a balance between the needs and wants of people and the protection of the natural land.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZJlbhr8I/AAAAAAAACUs/6IQoo6eYaDg/s1600-h/Carquinez-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418350585393033154" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZJlbhr8I/AAAAAAAACUs/6IQoo6eYaDg/s400/Carquinez-2.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I pulled off the freeway and into a well to do neighborhood. It was easy to note that the houses here where built in the height of the housing boom. The road to the lighthouse led me through upscale housing estate and into a small picturesque harbor located in Glen Cove. I parked at the rear of the lighthouse, took out my camera and started to take some precursory pictures. I made my way around the structure, but not into it, as I was not sure if I was trespassing. I went into what I thought was a café, but found that the café had closed; it was the yacht clubs office. I excused myself and backed out.<br /><br />Outside I met two affluent men lounging on lawn chairs, dressed in khaki shorts, leather sandals, colorful shirts, and dark sunglasses and enjoying the peacefulness of the marina, they where here to spend some time with another friend at the cove. One of the men said he was to advise the owners of the cove about creating a vineyard in the surrounding property. Their boat arrives and both He and his friend headed off for the afternoon sailing. At the same time I noticed that the yacht club was also holding a barbecue get together, they had some beer, wine, and games. I went by them as they settled down to party for the day.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZJAfQg_I/AAAAAAAACUk/F-4WGpRzERU/s1600-h/Carquinez-1-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418350575476573170" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZJAfQg_I/AAAAAAAACUk/F-4WGpRzERU/s400/Carquinez-1-2.jpg" /></a><br /><br />At the end of the pier, I took the opportunity to find an area near the entrance of the harbor to park myself and contemplate about my shoot and the extraordinary people who where lighthouse keepers, both men and women. It was an age that has come and gone. They had felt the loneliness, and isolation of these stations and these stations bore witness to their grittiness. They where not quitters and knew the concept of duty and sacrifice. They brought their families and animals to these lonely outposts. Often times their was no communications with the outside world, but eerily sound of the foghorn, <em>Blahhh</em>, or the ring of the bell, I can hear the sound in my inner ear as i write, and the light of the beacon shining out to sea, warning and guiding mariners of the dangers of coming too close to shore. Deep in my thoughts I made my way to one of the bay trails that ran to overlook the straits of the bay. I trekked my way around the bay to the top of the hill, overlooking the <em>Carquinez</em> <em>Bridge</em> and <em>Mare</em> <em>Island</em>. It was a strenuous climb to the top of the hill, many false ridges was before me.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZtMafbNI/AAAAAAAACVk/HqGJY7Mnb-A/s1600-h/Carquinez-7.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418351197153094866" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZtMafbNI/AAAAAAAACVk/HqGJY7Mnb-A/s400/Carquinez-7.jpg" /></a><br />The view of the strait from the top of the hill was breath taking; I was able to make good use of my wide angle lens. Looking down from my high perch on the hill, I observed ships docked along the strait. Alongside each of the ships were buildings with towering stacks spewing out smoke into the atmosphere. What they where spewing I don’t know, it was some form of pollutant, and it did not look good. I also thought the upscale and exclusive houses around here, I would not like to be living next to such polluters. Breathing must be a problem specially for children and anyone suffering from asthma. I thought of the giant trees that reached into the sky and the freshness they brought to world and juxtaposed was these monstrosities’ killing us and the environment. I don’t contribute to man made global warming, but I am very concerned with the pollution that is created. I am not sure what the right answer is, but I believe we have to take some precautions before we damage the environment our children are coming into. We are meant to be protectors of the planet, not just consumers.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZbYYW7aI/AAAAAAAACVM/Zn71lVtvd7Y/s1600-h/Carquinez-6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418350891127729570" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZbYYW7aI/AAAAAAAACVM/Zn71lVtvd7Y/s400/Carquinez-6.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Looking down from my lofty position, I watched as traffic made its way across the bridge, I looked down at the people and they moved like ants to a ant hill. Just streaming to and fro, into a store and back out. The cars and trucks continued to pour across the bridge, being so high up I was oblivious to their sound. I spent awhile on the hill and noticed a few other pollutants, beer bottles, broken glass, signs of drug use and graffiti. When urbanites sprawl, we also bring our dark side with us. I made my way back to the lighthouse with a saddened heart.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHaDWsPepI/AAAAAAAACV0/OvaPOf8n2oo/s1600-h/Carquinez-9.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418351577869023890" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHaDWsPepI/AAAAAAAACV0/OvaPOf8n2oo/s400/Carquinez-9.jpg" /></a><br /><br />When I arrived back at the Marina, I spent some time chatting to the Yacht Club people. It was interesting in hearing their connection with the lighthouse, they where fascinated with its history and its original location, several asked for my blog. I hope if they read this, I enjoyed their company. I got back to my SUV, pulled out my coffee, sandwich's, and netbook, sat in a veranda, enjoyed my snack and time on the Internet. Netbook is a good tool, I have to find a way to install a program to look at my images before I leave a location. Satisfied I headed back to civilization, and anticipated my next trip.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6EFuj-0U3S_f7fCKjMgmVHaz7vtqvMerQu61ygL6C7GRtcrf3xMRU3FVQFFyZ5JhTQRweYgtUkr0xMxLNAxXkbtuqB8ai_lONoeGaypXt7rAWlck5rmkI2g_gY0APQixozROjGsSj6M/s1600-h/Carquinez-1-3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418352324561634674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6EFuj-0U3S_f7fCKjMgmVHaz7vtqvMerQu61ygL6C7GRtcrf3xMRU3FVQFFyZ5JhTQRweYgtUkr0xMxLNAxXkbtuqB8ai_lONoeGaypXt7rAWlck5rmkI2g_gY0APQixozROjGsSj6M/s400/Carquinez-1-3.jpg" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">History<br /></span></strong>By the middle <strong>1800s</strong>, the number of commercial & navy ships from <em>San</em> <em>Francisco</em> to <em>Napa</em>, <em>San</em> <em>Joaquin</em>, and <em>Sacramento</em> Rivers increased, This was due the discovery of gold at <em>Sutter's</em> <em>Mill</em>, and the Navy building a base for its Pacific Fleet at <em>Mare</em> <em>Island</em>. Ships heading this way would sail through <em>San</em> <em>Francisco</em> and <em>San</em> <em>Pablo</em> Bays. At the east end of <em>San</em> <em>Pablo</em> Bay, ships would approach the narrow confines of <em>Carquinez</em> <em>Strait</em> where they could head north to the <em>Napa</em> River to reach the Navy Base at <em>Mare</em> <em>Island</em>, or head east through <em>Carquinez</em> <em>Strait</em> and <em>Susuin</em> <em>Bay</em> to reach the gold fields of <em>Sacramento</em> and <em>San</em> <em>Joaquin</em> Rivers. The lighthouse service saw the need for a lighthouse.<br /><strong>1873</strong>, The Lighthouse service selected a site on the South end of <em>Mare</em> <em>Island</em>. A wooden Story Victorian Building with a gabled roof was constructed. <em>Mare</em> <em>Island</em> was the 1st beacon to score the opening to <em>Carquinez</em> <em>Strait</em> and the <em>Napa</em> River.. The <em>Mare</em> <em>Island</em> Lighthouse was kept by LightKeeper <em>Mrs</em> <em>Watson</em>, later replaced by <em>Kate</em> <em>McDougal</em>. <em>Kate’s</em> husband, <em>Charles</em> <em>McDougal</em>, served as an inspector for the Lighthouse Service, his father was third commandant the Naval Base at <em>Mare</em> <em>Island</em>.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHaEGxPBuI/AAAAAAAACWE/eVCxsGzj4jU/s1600-h/Carquinez-12.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418351590774867682" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHaEGxPBuI/AAAAAAAACWE/eVCxsGzj4jU/s400/Carquinez-12.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>1881</strong>,Mar 28th <em>Charles</em> <em>McDougal</em> onboard the lighthouse tender <em>Manzanita</em> travelled up the <em>California</em> coast. One of the lighthouses to be inspected and the light keepers to be paid was the <a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2009/08/cape-mendocino-light.html"><em>Cape</em> <em>Mendocino</em> lightstation,</a> laden with a money belt filled with gold coins he boarded a small boat headed to shore. Before reaching the shoreline the boat capsized at the breakers and <em>McDougal</em> along with two other crewmen drowned. His body was recovered and sent to his bereft widow <em>Kate</em> who lived on <em>Mare</em> <em>Island</em> with 4 children.<br />Shortly after the drowning, <em>Mrs</em>. <em>Watson</em> Mare Island lightkeeper resigned, and <em>Kate</em> <em>McDougal</em> took over as lightkeeper. She was to serve as lightkeeper for the next 35yrs on <em>Mare</em> <em>Island</em>. Navy officers from <em>Mare</em> <em>Island</em> arranged for a telephone line to be strung from the Naval Yard out to the lighthouse, for <em>Kate’s</em> first Christmas at the station. This eased some of the loneliness that can be experienced at the station.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZbM35ckI/AAAAAAAACVE/Z1uJa3Vznwo/s1600-h/Carquinez-5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418350888038789698" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZbM35ckI/AAAAAAAACVE/Z1uJa3Vznwo/s400/Carquinez-5.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>1901</strong>, Lighthouse Board in a report to congress saw the need for a light & fog signal at the North western end of the <em>Carquinez</em> <em>strait</em>, they realized that a beacon positioned offshore near the junction of the Strait and the <em>Napa</em> River would better serve ships in the region.<br /><strong>1902</strong>, the request was repeated.<br /><strong>1903</strong>, the request was repeated.<br /><strong>1904</strong>, the request was repeated. It was accompanied by the suggestion that the funds for the Santa Monica Lighthouse be used.<br /><strong>1907</strong>, March 4th, Congress appropriated $50,000 for a light and fog signal station at <em>Carquinez</em> <em>Strait</em>.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHaDtR_3hI/AAAAAAAACV8/Eh-tfLocG6c/s1600-h/Carquinez-11.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418351583932964370" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHaDtR_3hI/AAAAAAAACV8/Eh-tfLocG6c/s400/Carquinez-11.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>1908</strong>, Aug, The construction of a 1 ½ mile pier was constructed, a steam pile driver was used to drive 100s of wooden piles into the strait’s muddy bottom. At the very end of the pier, a wharf was built to which the lighthouse tenders landed supplies. Near the end of the, a causeway was built which led to a large, rectangular planked platform built on a network of pilings to support the lighthouse.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZskOxiWI/AAAAAAAACVc/R9MwdstTwLc/s1600-h/Carquinez-4-3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 267px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418351186366531938" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZskOxiWI/AAAAAAAACVc/R9MwdstTwLc/s400/Carquinez-4-3.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>1909</strong>. A spacious 28 room, 2 ½ story wooden building with an attached 3 story tower to its west side was built. A fog signal building was also built and extended south towards the strait. A large veranda wrapped itself around 3 sides of the building, it was supported by sturdy wooden columns, the northern side of the building, had large dormers built into its gabled roof. This lighthouse with its 28 rooms housed 3 keepers and their families.<br /><strong>1910</strong>, Jan 15th A new sentinel of the bay shone its beacon. The red light shone from a fixed, 4th order Fresnel lens in the lantern room of the <em>Carquinez</em> <em>Strait</em> Lighthouse.<br /><strong>1917</strong>. <em>Mare</em> <em>Island</em> was discontinued and abandoned.<br /><strong>1930’s</strong> The lighthouse on <em>Mare</em> <em>Island</em> was razed, it had stood vacant since it was discontinued,today nothing remains.<br /><strong>1941</strong>, Nov, the end of the steam paddlewheel service to the central valley, The <em>Delta</em> <em>Queen</em> came down the Sacramento river for the last time.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZbm5fqDI/AAAAAAAACVU/aQheligA-mA/s1600-h/Carquinez-6-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418350895024810034" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZbm5fqDI/AAAAAAAACVU/aQheligA-mA/s400/Carquinez-6-2.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>1951</strong> <em>Carquinez</em> was deactivated, it was replaced by a smaller beacon and fog signal at the end of the now extended pier.<br /><strong>1955</strong>, the 28-room dwelling with the Fresnel lens was offered for sale to <em>Robert</em> <em>Hubert</em>, a building contractor from San Francisco. His intention was to make it the center piece of a small marina<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZtovExYI/AAAAAAAACVs/_tL09_ZazsU/s1600-h/Carquinez-8.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 267px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418351204755621250" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SzHZtovExYI/AAAAAAAACVs/_tL09_ZazsU/s400/Carquinez-8.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>1957</strong>, <em>Mr</em> <em>Hubert</em> attempted to move the 150 ton lighthouse by barge to the cove. While moving the lighthouse <em>Mr</em> <em>Hubert</em> was injured. The move was halted until he had fully recuperated. During which time the lighthouse was vandalized and the Fresnel lens smashed. For several years the light station sat unattended at the head of the cove, until some Asian investors came to the rescue. The historic lighthouse, less the light tower and fog signal building, is home to <em>Glen</em> <em>Cove</em> Marina’s office.<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">References</span></strong><br />1. <em>Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses,</em> Sharlene and Ted Nelson, 1993, p135-137<br />2. <em>California Lighthouse Life in the 1920’s & 1930’s</em>,Wayne C Wheeler, 2000. p68-69<br />3. <em>The Keeper's Log</em>, Fall 2001.<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Links</span></strong><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carquinez_Strait_Light">Carquinez Strait Lighthouse</a><br /><a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/carquin.htm">History of Carquinez</a><br /><a href="http://www.glencovemarina.net/">Glen Cove Marina</a> <br /><em><strong>Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2009</strong></em> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-22476714131451292282009-09-21T18:23:00.000-07:002009-12-04T18:19:40.310-08:00Sugar Pine<strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfpz8iL0gepZxZpjZxzdix9lYlwsJZN74b8RqHwunlUfTvgqTs-ZPVRHvIX-HcQ-vbPaHaMUvuCO8lxXbueG6onxDJo4YHAoTtMwubOpnmMkm8_1_jWQj8z1fcOYksIkKDWKqw0-omsk/s1600-h/SugarPine-4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411284321675540418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfpz8iL0gepZxZpjZxzdix9lYlwsJZN74b8RqHwunlUfTvgqTs-ZPVRHvIX-HcQ-vbPaHaMUvuCO8lxXbueG6onxDJo4YHAoTtMwubOpnmMkm8_1_jWQj8z1fcOYksIkKDWKqw0-omsk/s400/SugarPine-4.jpg" /></a>Location</strong> West side of Lake Tahoe., Tahoma California United States<br /><strong>Directions</strong>: Sugar Pine Point State Park is located on the California side of Lake Tahoe. Take California Highway 89 (south from Interstate 80, north from US Highway 50). The park entrance is approximately one mile south of Tahoma. Trail maps are available at the park ranger station. The lighthouse site is located off the Edward F. Dolder Nature Trail. The trail loop is roughly one mile. The hike is considerably gentler than to Rubicon Point, but keep in mind that you are hiking at altitude.<br /><strong>Latitude</strong>: 39.04992<br /><strong>Longitude</strong>: -120.11504<br /><strong>Notes</strong>: This lighthouse was replaced by a solar-powered light on a pole.<br /><strong>Tower Height</strong>: 0<br /><strong>Description Tower</strong>: White, square, pyramidal wooden tower.<br /><strong>Operational</strong>: No/Maybe<br /><strong>Date Established</strong>: 1921<br /><strong>Current Use</strong>: Unknown.<br /><strong>Characteristic Range</strong>: Flashing white every 5 seconds, visible for 9 miles.<br /><strong>Height Focal Plane</strong>: 35<br /><strong>National Register</strong>: No<br /><strong>State</strong>: California<br /><strong>Country</strong>: United States<br /><strong>Date Deactivated:</strong> ?<br /><br /><strong>Journal</strong><br />This adventure was a return journey to the Truckee area. My last visit was the Rubicon lighthouse in DL Bliss. I ran short of time and I did not get to Sugar Pine. As a side note, my wife’s niece Ann had just relocated to a new house and I thought this would be a good time to pay her a visit. I set out early on Saturday morning; my mood was very placated as I headed north towards the Truckee/California region. The journey on the highways was not too exciting, the roads where not too busy and the weather on the mild side. I just listened to some random music from my iPod as I drove I planned my new adventure in the high country. What excitement lay before me I was not sure, but I was certainly looking forward to it. I wondered if I would see any wild animals.<br /><br /><br />Already the high trees, and the looming mountains where making their presence felt in my spirit. I pulled into a rest spot, had some water and took a few <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_a3H_NWI/AAAAAAAACQY/8POEdzIjqR4/s1600-h/SugarPine-13.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411285420480607586" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_a3H_NWI/AAAAAAAACQY/8POEdzIjqR4/s400/SugarPine-13.jpg" /></a>shots of the breath taking scenery. My mind rushed forward to my arrival in Truckee, I though I should call Ann when I arrive and let her know I am in the area. Also I contemplated with the idea of staying near Kings beach, as it was near to the location thunderbird lighthouse. As the thoughts flurried around in my head, I decided it would be best to let events play out. Once out of Sacramento region, the peace, beauty and tranquility of the high mountainous woods calmed my suburban mind. Once more I found myself on the road alone, this is not a problem, but it could be best shared this someone who had like interests. I realize that people are created differently and we do not have the same perspective on life. Many distractions bring us on a different path. Anyway on to my journey, the suburbia gave way to the grandeurs of nature. Hills soon turn into mountains and bushes into giant trees. The<br />freeway carried me deeper into rhapsody of color and fresh air.<br /><br />It was approximately 1:00 pm when I arrived in Truckee, I was pulled over by the police, my registration <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_aSb1p0I/AAAAAAAACQQ/S2cyLPCHFgA/s1600-h/SugarPine-12.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411285410631755586" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_aSb1p0I/AAAAAAAACQQ/S2cyLPCHFgA/s400/SugarPine-12.jpg" /></a>sticker on the license plate was on the wrong bumper, I must change it. Had a nice lunch with Ann at Kings beach, Her husband Scott and daughter Nicole where busy doing other stuff, like house chores and soccer. I was only a short distance from the Thunderbird lighthouse, so I decided it was time to seek it out before the day ended.. Before leaving Kings Beach I took a few pictures of view and a few of people celebrating a wedding on the beach. Later on in the day, I was to encounter a few more weddings on the Lake Shore. It is a pretty and beautiful place to have a romantic wedding.<br /><br /><br /><br />Getting to Thunderbird Lodge was not easy; it’s a number 5000 on highway 28, which my GPS did not take. I knew it was somewhere between Incline Village and the Junction of Hwy 50. I drove past until I reached Hwy 50, met another wedding group, photographer warned that turnoff was a little sign post about 2 miles back. Turned around missed it again, turned in to a State Park asked a trooper who said it was a mile from the park and take my time. This time I found only to discover that you call for a reservation tour and only between Mondays to Friday. I headed for Ann’s house; guess I knew where I was spending the night.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi-aRa7gfI/AAAAAAAACPI/jZSHpyPJPW4/s1600-h/SugarPine-3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411284310847881714" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi-aRa7gfI/AAAAAAAACPI/jZSHpyPJPW4/s400/SugarPine-3.jpg" /></a>Early next morning made my way into Truckee, had a coffee and bagel. Watched the morning stragglers come for their wake up drop. Headed on down 69 towards Sugar Pine, I Told the park ranger what I was doing, he said park on the road and take the Dolder Nature Trail. Again my advice is this is a fairly strenuous trek especially if you not acclimatized to the high altitude. I missed my turnoff and wound up in another part of the park, Ehrman mansion, where I met this wonderful docent Betty Beck, she must have been 80 yrs of age, yet she bubbling over with excitement. To look at this lady, you would taken her to be frail and ready to keel over, but as I spoke to her I knew instinctively that she was tough old bird, I say that with tongue in cheek. She excitedly told me about a movie made at Rubicon, Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald’s movie New Moon and her Parents getting engaged 1928 at Rubicon Light. Her long bony finger reached towards the sky as she directed my gaze towards Ospreys nest lodged high in the trees, I missed that old lady as I headed in path she directed me towards Sugar Pine. I also discovered I could have driven to this part of the Park.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_JX0l9FI/AAAAAAAACPw/Rm7ep_UHqgc/s1600-h/SugarPine-8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411285120019985490" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_JX0l9FI/AAAAAAAACPw/Rm7ep_UHqgc/s400/SugarPine-8.jpg" /></a><br /><br />As I made way to the Sugar Pine Navigation, the trail became so peaceful and quiet. At times the views where breath taking. Along the way were the lone hiker and once a runner came between me and my thoughts. Finally I was there, at the beacon, <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_aJq3YZI/AAAAAAAACQI/lS1VWi1A51s/s1600-h/SugarPine-11.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411285408278864274" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_aJq3YZI/AAAAAAAACQI/lS1VWi1A51s/s400/SugarPine-11.jpg" /></a>and that’s all it was. It is an unmanned automated beacon. A couple on the beach who had trekked for the same reason I did. Get there picture of the beacon at sugar pine. They left and I hung around for about 45 mins before making my way back to my car. I had the sense that this adventure was now at its end. Just before I left the park, I sat on a bench overlooking the Lake Tahoe and thought how crazy the world had become. How peaceful this is, sadness came upon my spirit. I also started to think about the lighthouse keepers, they had to be special people. To spend lonely hours in these desolate and often god forsaken places, tending a light or bell. Just to be a guide and warning to troubled ship. The sailor would look or listen for the distant guide and by its characteristic sound or flash; it would safely guide him to his port of entry. Today, the world needs a beacon to guide it back to normality.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>History</strong><br /></span>Sugar Pine Point is a forested peninsula on the west side of Lake Tahoe. According to the State Park brochure, it includes a 1¾ mile of Lake Frontage accompanied by several sandy beaches and a inimitable natural surroundings where the unscathed, ancient forest of Tahoe Basin slopes down to the water's on the sunny beaches. The Washoe Indians have lived in this scenic region for thousands of years, they spent their summers hunting and fishing here. Just south of General Creek we have a 19th century log cabin, and the elegant <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=991">Ehrman Mansion.</a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_KECyRBI/AAAAAAAACQA/DxgKGyXsSwE/s1600-h/SugarPine-10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411285131890672658" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_KECyRBI/AAAAAAAACQA/DxgKGyXsSwE/s400/SugarPine-10.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>1844</strong> <strong>February</strong>, John C. Fremont, on expedition across the Sierra Nevada and into California, first sighted Lake Tahoe.<br /><br /><br /><strong>1860 spring</strong>, frontiers-man of "General" William Phipps (1813-1891). Staked a 160 acre homestead IN Sugar Pine Point. He was the first permanent resident, and soon afterwards he built a log cabin.<br /><strong>1860's</strong> Comstock boom and logging<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi-ZSeMJfI/AAAAAAAACO4/R9nymSXE1tw/s1600-h/SugarPine-1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411284293950121458" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi-ZSeMJfI/AAAAAAAACO4/R9nymSXE1tw/s400/SugarPine-1.jpg" /></a>1872</strong>, Phipps built a second cabin, which can be seen today near the shore just south of General Creek.<br /><br /><strong>1888</strong>, Phipps sold his property to W. W. "Billy" Lapham, who proceed to establish a Summer resort, the Bellevue.<br /><strong></strong><br /><div><strong>1889</strong>, Property taken over by the bank ,<br /></div><strong></strong><br /><div><strong>1890</strong>, Property has new owners and managers.<br /></div><strong></strong><br /><br /><br /><div><strong>1893</strong>, Bellevue, known to be an elegant family resort when the main hotel was destroyed by fire.<br /><strong>1897</strong>, Isaias. W. Hellman pioneer west-coast banker from San Francisco began purchasing about 1,000 acres of property at Sugar Pine Point for personal use.<br /></div><strong></strong><br /><br /><div><strong>1903,</strong> His grand summer home, Pine Lodge, was completed <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411285105101450994" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_IgPvLvI/AAAAAAAACPg/_nTsOS5yvHU/s400/SugarPine-6.jpg" /><br /></div><strong></strong><br /><br /><div><strong>1921</strong>, business in the area lobbied that the light at Rubicon Point be relocated to Sugar Pine Point - The lighthouse was a white wood pyramidal tower, on the outer end of Sugar Pine Point,the light had to retain on its present characteristic and without other change. Sugar Pine has been described as "the world's highest working lighthouse"</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411285127929943202" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_J1SeVKI/AAAAAAAACP4/Jziw7H4MPH4/s400/SugarPine-9.jpg" /><br /><div><br /><strong>1927</strong> Electricity was made available. Steam Generators produced power before that. Water was obtained from General Creek and later pumped directly from the Lake.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_JNshc4I/AAAAAAAACPo/bgk_jpHkFig/s1600-h/SugarPine-7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411285117301781378" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Sxi_JNshc4I/AAAAAAAACPo/bgk_jpHkFig/s400/SugarPine-7.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>1935</strong>, the light was discontinued - only to be relit the following year at a cost of $590.52. Today, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYoUJY9WQcfNLxkivj1syRZeZ1Ydnh4sa798tWltD_inepGxI_qZRqGxr1U24-2Jvbt6tt4io9LuhOlVqzqImEkELehgG6QumbiUIDireIF9t90vqfLVGjuu5DoB1wgD7tStXZxm8kYg/s1600-h/SugarPine-5.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411284329242233490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYoUJY9WQcfNLxkivj1syRZeZ1Ydnh4sa798tWltD_inepGxI_qZRqGxr1U24-2Jvbt6tt4io9LuhOlVqzqImEkELehgG6QumbiUIDireIF9t90vqfLVGjuu5DoB1wgD7tStXZxm8kYg/s400/SugarPine-5.jpg" /></a>the point is marked by a modern optic. Post light with red and white diamond-shaped daybeacon. The navigational aid stands on the grounds of Sugar Pine Point State Park - where the park brochure describes it as "the world's highest working lighthouse." Note: this light is missing from the current U.S. Coast Guard Light List. Lake Tahoe is the only landlocked lake in the country with aids to navigation maintained by the Coast Guard. Site manager: Ed Z'berg - Sugar Pine Point State Park. ARLHS USA-916.<br /><br /><br /><strong>1965</strong> the house and 1,975 acres of the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIGANl4y0Oi-JaLPpqw_htB2MPkdkrZJmRJNdhdNEhxAzsd5klPRXkkqMKwWy0d6L4oJpjcl1sJM9hU5MSIAM53ZBY8NIJE0T9h7LOquRMbG6Tq5Q0XnfBlg14Ysqh7qzBBJcyDYwqv8/s1600-h/SugarPine-2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411284302542681586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIGANl4y0Oi-JaLPpqw_htB2MPkdkrZJmRJNdhdNEhxAzsd5klPRXkkqMKwWy0d6L4oJpjcl1sJM9hU5MSIAM53ZBY8NIJE0T9h7LOquRMbG6Tq5Q0XnfBlg14Ysqh7qzBBJcyDYwqv8/s400/SugarPine-2.jpg" /></a>estate were acquired by the California State Park System. Today the house is maintained as a house museum and as an example of the opulent tradition in Tahoe summer homes. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Reference </span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=991">Ehrman Mansion Statepark<br /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Links</span></strong><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Pine_Point_Light">Wikipedia</a> </div><div><a href="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu9bUtBlLiy4Bmr5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByamlqaW9mBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMwRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12lut5t9k/EXP=1260062292/**http%3a//www.parks.ca.gov/pages/510/files/sugar_pine_campground.pdf">State Park</a></div><div><br /><em><strong>Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2009</strong></em> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-58747185322654715442009-09-01T15:28:00.000-07:002011-06-14T18:02:14.705-07:00Angel Island<strong>Location</strong>: Angel Island State Park<br />
<strong>Directions</strong>: Angel Island State Park is accessible by ferry from several locations around the San Francisco Bay. The island is also accessible by private boat. Segways, trams, bicycles are available on the Island<br />
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<strong>Point Knox 1886<br />
Location</strong>: West side<br />
<strong>Lens</strong>: Fixed 5th order red lens<br />
<strong>Range</strong>: 6 Nautical miles<br />
<strong>Fog Signal:</strong> 3000 lb fog bell supported by a wooden trestle<br />
<strong>Fog signal characteristic;</strong> 2 blows every 15 seconds.<br />
<strong>Structure</strong>: White Frame 30ft x 30ft single story keeper’s residence<br />
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<strong>Point Stuart 1915</strong><br />
<strong>Location</strong>: West side<br />
<strong>Coordinates</strong>: N 37° 51.660’ W 122° 26.765’<br />
<strong>Lens</strong>: 300 mm ei<br />
<strong>Light characteristic</strong>: Iso W 20s.<br />
<strong>Height</strong>: 80ft<br />
<strong>Structure</strong>: White Frame 2 story keeper’s residence<br />
<strong>Tower</strong>: Light mounted on rectangular building on hillside<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Svuwoi01gdI/AAAAAAAACMM/40mpuGSAFIo/s1600-h/AngelIsland-11.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403106388550713810" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Svuwoi01gdI/AAAAAAAACMM/40mpuGSAFIo/s400/AngelIsland-11.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 305px;" /></a><br />
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<strong>Point Blunt 1915 </strong><br />
<strong>Location</strong>: East side<br />
<strong>Coordinates</strong>: N 37° 51.11.572’ W 122° 25.09.095’<br />
<strong>Year first constructed</strong>:1915<br />
<strong>Year first lit</strong>: 1956<br />
<strong>Automated</strong>: 1976<br />
<strong>Construction</strong>: Concrete<br />
<strong>Original lens:</strong> order Fresnel lens,300 mm ei<br />
<strong>Light Characteristic:</strong> Flashing Green 5 seconds<br />
<strong>Height</strong>: 60ft<br />
<strong>Range</strong>: 13 Nautical miles<br />
<strong>Structure</strong>: White square house.<br />
<strong>Emergency</strong>: (Flashing White 5seconds) light of lower intensity when main light is extinguished.<br />
<strong>HORN</strong>: 1 blast every 15 seconds (2 second blast).<br />
<strong>Admiralty number</strong>: G4119<br />
<strong>ARLHS number</strong>:USA-617<br />
<strong>USCG number</strong>:6-4335<br />
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<strong>Journal</strong><br />
This is a tale of 2 adventures. Struggling on how I was going to get a descent picture of <em>Yerba Buena Lighthouse</em>. I started to examine the routes of the ferry from <em>Oakland</em> to <em>San Francisco</em>. I saw from their schedule that the ferry went close to <em>Treasure Island</em>. Also I could use this to revisit <em>Angel Island</em> and get a picture of the Bell at <em>Point Knox</em>. I found that a Ferry was leaving <em>Oakland Harbor</em> at 9:00 am on Saturday and returning around 3:30pm. I had my plan and prepared myself for the adventure.<br />
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Saturday, came I drove to <em>Jack London Square</em> and parked in the parking quite close to the Ferry, bring your parking ticket with as you can get it validated. The weather was sunny, the skies a nice blue. I boarded the Ferry, onboard lined up to pay my fare $14 with parking validation, not bad, its $16 from <em>San Francisco</em> and you have to pay parking.<br />
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I set myself on the top deck, made sure I had a good spot facing <em>Treasure Island</em>. My 40d and 5D where loaded with 24-105mm and 100-200mm lens. The ferry came real close to <em>Treasure Island</em> and this gave ample time to snap off enough pictures that I could later edit. It was also good that my perspective kept changing as the ferry went by. Both cameras where busy clicking.<br />
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The next part of the ride I was not prepared for, as a surprise the ferry brought me real close to <em><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SvuwTsJA_hI/AAAAAAAACME/FHQIKADg-u4/s1600-h/AngelIsland-10.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403106030274018834" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SvuwTsJA_hI/AAAAAAAACME/FHQIKADg-u4/s400/AngelIsland-10.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 305px;" /></a>Alcatraz</em>. This gave some good views of the <em>Alcatraz lighthouse</em> placed in its environment. I got to view the island from the East looking towards the west as the Ferry turned for <em>San Francisco</em>. When we docked in the <em>San Francisco</em> Harbor we had to change Ferries. The second Ferry brought me on the opposite side of <em>Alcatraz Island</em>, so now I could shoot West looking East. After we passed <em>Alcatraz</em>, I remained on the top deck; it was a lovely day with some wonderful views of the bay. I thought someday, I may not be able to do this, so while I am able, I am determined to continue my <em><strong>journey towards the light</strong></em>.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SvuwSaAfu_I/AAAAAAAACLk/P-M7xQ_5jcc/s1600-h/AngelIsland-6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403106008226577394" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SvuwSaAfu_I/AAAAAAAACLk/P-M7xQ_5jcc/s400/AngelIsland-6.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 305px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /></a>Once on the Island, I immediately made my way to a Park Ranger to find how I could get to the Immigration Station, I was directed to a café where I purchased a tram ride and tour ticket to the immigration station. It was a short ride to my destination, before we entered the station we had a brief history on the Asian immigrants who came through Angel Island. The Island has a rich history which I am not going fully into in this blog. Visiting the Island and listening to the story told by the docents can richly build your arsenal of Americas History in the Bay.<br />
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The group toured the station, it was quite moving, to see how these people lived in such cramped quarters, survived, and retained their dignity and self esteem. Scratched into the walls is their hopes and fears of getting into the country they dreamed of. The land of opportunity could be seen a short distance away, it was so close and so far away and each day on the island was an eternity with fading hope. Much of what I was looking at made me ponder about the immigration issue we face today, not easy problems to solve yet the right thing must be done, and I am not sure what that is.<br />
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I decided to walk back to the main area of the Island, <em>Ayala cove</em>. The high elevation of the hills gave me an opportunity to take lots of pictures of the Bay especially those of <em>Tiburon</em>, most will never be seen by anyone, unless I can find a way to publish separately from this blog. When I got back to the cove, I sat down and had a beer and a hamburger, listened to a young lady as she sang in the open air. I watched as the island traffickers made like busy ants going too and fro. I watched boats with their billowing sails set out from the harbor to the open blue waters of the bay. Soon I was aboard the ferry for <em>Oakland</em>, making its way around the opposite side of <em>Angel Island</em>, which brought me back to <em>Yerba Buena</em> for more opportunities to shoot <em>Yerba Buena</em> lighthouse. The Ferry stopped at <em>Alameda</em> and continued into <em>Oakland</em> harbor, I got a nice shot of the <em>Oakland Relief ship</em>.<br />
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2 weeks later I was again to make this trip with my brother in-law <em>Pat Ryan</em>. He was on vacation from Ireland with his wife, my sister <em>Majella</em>. He also is an avid photographer, so I thought this would be a good trip for him. I remembered there is an excellent shot of the <em>Golden Gate Bridge</em> as it sits under the <em>Bay Bridge</em>, so I set <em>Pat</em> up for the shot. I was also more aware of my locations and what to expect, I knew of <em>Point Blunt</em>, <em>Point Knox</em> and <em>Point Stuart</em> on <em>Angel Island.</em> I also was aware of <em>Fort Point</em> and <em>Point Lime</em> near the <em>Golden Gate Bridge</em>, not too sure if I could get a good enough vantage point for their shot, at least I was aware.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNFCSIKXtZ4ty8iTBvj2crYFb40cRQACRatReYDFvaGd1JSDiF5HN_kpIPTGemvQTEdTLiZ22LgclTI2epT_1Mwrc4a1gJulz5MIw85dToz9LQd0pLeO_T4pcexGXBSBTBBKVuMb51FM/s1600-h/AngelIsland-13.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403106400460386626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNFCSIKXtZ4ty8iTBvj2crYFb40cRQACRatReYDFvaGd1JSDiF5HN_kpIPTGemvQTEdTLiZ22LgclTI2epT_1Mwrc4a1gJulz5MIw85dToz9LQd0pLeO_T4pcexGXBSBTBBKVuMb51FM/s400/AngelIsland-13.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 305px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /></a>As the Ferry was leaving <em>San Francisco</em>, I was into positioning myself that I paid no attention to who was on board. From a distance I heard people laughing, I looked up to see what was going on. It was my Brother <em>Eddie</em> and his family, also his son <em>Graham</em> was visiting with his fiancée <em>Katrina</em>. We continued to enjoy the fact that we accidentally met, but quickly I got back to business, Photographed <em>Fort Point</em> & <em>Point Lime</em>, next time I will bring a longer Lens 400mm with an extender. This opportunity allowed me to focus on the Bell, <em>Point Stewart</em> and <em>Point Blunt.</em><br />
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On the Island we walked to the Immigration Station, after 1st visiting the museum, where there is a brief history of the lighthouses and Fresnel lens on Display. The day wa<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SvuwShQVZII/AAAAAAAACLs/Jh-j5mnO8Dc/s1600-h/AngelIsland-7.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403106010172056706" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SvuwShQVZII/AAAAAAAACLs/Jh-j5mnO8Dc/s400/AngelIsland-7.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 400px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 305px;" /></a>s hot and I made the cardinal mistake of not bringing water. Once you leave the cove there are no more places to get supplies, until you get back. Met a few people along the way, many where making the treks pushing children in their wheelers. You need to be in fairly good shape to make the walk up the hill without using the tram. On this leg of the journey, I stayed with my wide angle lens. I walked all the ways to immigration station and back to the cove. My leg was killing me, the pain was quite intense, and I think it was due to the short cut back. Coming down a steep incline I kept pounding my leg into the ground and my knee could not absorb the constant shocks of the foot hitting the ground.<br />
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When we got back to Ayala cove, we found shelter from the elements under a shade from an umbrella. <em>Pat</em> ordered some beers and burgers. We reviewed what we shot, took a few more harbor pictures and prepared to board the ferry. The ferry was about to leave when a lady asked are we going to <em>San Francisco</em>, I said no we are going to <em>Oakland</em>, panicky she gathered her group and hurriedly exited the ferry. Again on deck, we met several people interested in photography, also their interest piqued when I said I photograph lighthouses, one young man paid a lot of attention. Several times I dropped my lens cover and he retrieved it for me. The Ferry was moving quite fast and as we sped by Treasure Island the spray came over the edge of the boat, <em>Pat</em> was worried that I would ruin my camera and lens. Everything was fine and we made our way back into the <em>Alameda</em> and finally into Oakland. For the cost of $14 which includes parking, it’s a better value than any cruise on the Bay.<br />
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So that concludes my tail of 2 trips. Now for a little history, my history comes from many sources, I have several books; I pick up the pamphlet, the docents and finally Lighthouse research on the web. I try to arrange things chronologically and make sure I have hit the high points. If you think I have misquoted or not given the correct reference please email me with the correction.<br />
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<strong>History</strong><br />
Its hard to separate what went on in the Island and try and keep the lighthouses separate. the island is so small and the lives of the people are integrated with each other.<br />
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<strong>1773,</strong> Lt. <em>Juan Manuel de Ayala</em> charged by the Spanish government to chart the California coast. The ship <em>SAN CARLOS</em> is the 1st ship to enter <em>San Francisco Bay</em> and <em>Ayala</em> is its commander, the ship anchors off <em>Angel Island.</em> He calls <em>Isla de los Angels</em>, later renamed to its English form <em>Angel Island</em>. Here he is met by the <em>Miwok</em> Indians, the original dwellers of the island.<br />
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<strong>1839,</strong> Governor of California granted <em>Angel Island</em> to <em>Don Antonio Maria Osio,</em> as a cattle ranch, he raises a herd of approximately 500 cattle.<br />
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<strong>1850,</strong> The U.S. Government reserves the right to <em>Angel Island.</em><br />
<strong>1854,</strong> 2 gentlemen from <em>San Francisco</em> fight a duel on <em>Angel Island,</em> both suffer wounds, later one of the duelers would die from his wounds.<br />
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<strong>1860,</strong> Supreme Court voids <em>Antonio Maria Osio's</em> claim to <em>Angel Island</em> the US Army takes ownership of the island.<br />
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<strong>1863,</strong> Military troops set up bases on <em>Angel Island</em> as part of the coastal defenses of <em>San Francisco Bay</em>. Work begins on Camp <em>Reynolds</em> (later called West Garrison on <em>Angel Island).</em><br />
<strong>1864,</strong> An Army hospital is opened at the cove on <em>Angel Island.</em> Gun batteries are constructed at <em>Point Stuart</em> and <em>Point Knox.</em><br />
<strong>1865,</strong> The 12th Infantry, headquartered on <em>Angel Island,</em> has men serving on eleven different posts from <em>Mexico</em> to <em>Alaska</em>.<br />
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<strong>1885</strong>, $4,500 was made available for placing a fog bell at <em>Point Knox</em> on Angel Island. Angel Island is the largest Island in the Bay. Due to the heavy fog that swamps the bay and increase of ship traffic, several hundred where entering the bay, <em>Point Knox</em> was selected. It assisted ships to navigate safely the channel that led in and out of <em>Sausalito</em> harbor.<br />
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<strong>1886</strong>, a 3000 lb fog bell was installed along with a 30ft x 30ft one story keepers residence at <em>Point Knox</em> on the west side of the Island. The Bell hung a fog signal building and was supported by a wooden trestle. It sat precariously perched on the cliff. Access to the Bell was down a 151 wooden stairs down a very steep incline of a cliff. The Bell was struck by a sledge hammer, powered by a mechanical striking mechanism, wound by keeper every couple of hours. The bell was difficult to maintain, it often broke down. Difficult to wind, some keepers considered it a dog. Gun batteries are built on Angel Island facing the golden Gate.<br />
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<strong>1887 Nov 1,</strong> on the west end of the point the fog station commenced operation. . 1st Keeper was <em>John Ross</em>, from the tender <em>Shubrick</em>. He served faithfully for 16yrs. along with his wife and 2 children<br />
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<strong>1888,</strong> A quarantine station is established in Hospital Cove.<br />
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<strong>1900,</strong> a 5th order red lens was added. It was displayed at night and pulled back into the bell house by pulley during the day; this was to protect its prisms from the rays of the sun.<br />
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<strong>1902,</strong> <em>Juliet Fish Nichols</em> a widow became light keeper of point Knox, during which time her stepmother <em>Emily Fish</em> was serving as a light keeper further south in <em>Point Pinos</em>. <em>Juliet</em> husband died during the Spanish American war, <em>Henry</em> was inspector of 12th district lighthouses. <em>Juliet</em> served for 12 yrs. Both she and her step mother retired in 1914<br />
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<strong>1906 July 2nd,</strong> Dense fog rolled in, the bells mechanism stopped working,seeing the masts of ships rise above the fog. Juliet using a hammer struck the bell continuously until the fog lifted.<br />
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<strong>1906</strong> <strong>July 3rd<em>,</em></strong> 10:00 am Mr. <em>Burt</em> came to repair the Bell<br />
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<strong>1906 July 4th,</strong> the bell was again malfunctioning. At 8:00pm the tension bar broke in half, a dense fog rolled in with a heavy mist, <em>Juliet Nichols</em> went through the night striking the bell with a hammer until 4:00 pm the next day. She struck 2 blows every 15 seconds maintaining the bells signal characteristic. She struck the Bell for 20Hrs and 35 minutes according to her keepers log. She received a letter of commendation for her actions.<br />
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<strong>1910</strong>, <em>Ellis Island</em> type of immigration center was setup on the east of the island, thousands of immigrants from Asia where processed through this center, today it is an immigration museum. Poems etched into the walls woodwork immortalize their plight.<br />
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<strong>1915</strong>, <em>Point Stuart</em>, just west of<em> Point Knox</em> received a small lighthouse. It was built on a hillside; a 2nd keeper was assigned to this light. He resided with other keeper at <em>Point</em> <em>Knox</em>. The residence was upgraded to 2 stories.<br />
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<strong>1939</strong>, the light keeper's residence is raised and a 2nd story added at <em>point blunt</em>.<br />
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<strong>1940,</strong> Fire burns down the Administration building, immigration process moved to <em>San Francisco </em><br />
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</em><strong>1940’s,</strong> <em>Fort McDowell</em>, was the largest military staging facility on the west coast. Over 300,000 soldiers moved through Angel Island on their way to the pacific front during World War II. <em>Fort McDowell</em> was also a discharge center for soldiers returning from war.<br />
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<strong>1954,</strong> a Nike Missile site was based on the southeast corner of the island.<br />
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<strong>1960</strong>, 3rd light installed, a new watch room was constructed at <em>Point</em> <em>Blunt</em> by the coast guard, which gave a full view <em>San</em> <em>Francisco</em> Bay. <em>Point</em> <em>knox</em> was abandoned<br />
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<strong>1961</strong> With the new watch room, and new quarters at <em>Point</em> <em>Blunt</em>, the Coast Guard moved the personnel from Angel Island Light Station and at the same time discontinued manning of <em>Southampton</em> <em>Shoals</em> Light Station. In addition to <em>Southampton</em> <em>Shoals</em>, personnel at <em>Point</em> <em>Blunt</em> operate their own light and fog signals and Raccoon Strait light and fog signals. The station also provides special direction finder calibration services as requested. Four family units, 3 bedrooms each, are at Point Blunt. Two units are Coast Guard owned, two are leased from the State of California. One unit is occupied by the Officer in Charge and his family. The other units are presently being utilized by the married crew members and their families. One small boat is assigned to the station. A pickup truck is assigned. Point Blunt Light Station rates a BM1 as Officer in Charge, plus one EN2, one FN, and one SN. (Written in July, 1970)<br />
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<strong>1963</strong>, <em>Point</em> <em>Knox</em> ,the bell house was razed, leaving a lonely bell dangling from a wooden platform. Maybe a fitting tribute<br />
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<strong>1976</strong>, <em>Point</em> <em>Blunt</em> is automated, the lantern is removed and building demolished. The green light of the automated lantern can be seen from the watch building<br />
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<strong>2009</strong> The fog bell is still visible at <em>Point</em> <em>Knox</em>, not accessible. The bell is can be seen from Camp Reynolds. <em>Point</em> <em>Blunt</em> is not accessible, but visible from the ferries passing the island, and can be seen from the main trail on the island. Point Stuart can be seen from ferries passing or going to the Island. The island also has a rich history as a home of the native Coastal Miwok, a US military base, and an immigration station. The Visitor's Center at <em>Ayala</em> <em>Cove</em> has exhibits on the island's lighthouse history as well as the lens from <em>Southampton</em> <em>Shoal</em>. For more information, contact the Angel Island Association at (415) 435-3522<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">Reference</span></strong><br />
• Point Knox, George Worthylake, The Keeper's Log, Fall 1996.<br />
• Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses, Sharlene and Ted Nelson, 1993.<br />
• Guardians of the Golden Gate, Ralph Shanks, 1990.<br />
• Women Who Kept the Lights, Clifford<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong>Links</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.lighthousedepot.com/lite_digest.asp?action=get_article&sk=2185&bhcd2=1256081882"><em>Juliet Fish</em></a><br />
<a href="http://lighthousefoundation.org/light_thoughts/lal_finickyfogbells.htm"><em>Finicky Fog Bells</em></a><br />
<a href="http://www.angelisland.org/"><em>Angel Island </em></a><br />
<a href="http://www.eastbayferry.com/when/angel.html">Angel Island Ferry from Oakland</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCA.asp">US Coast Guard</a><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2009</strong></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Angel Island, California, USA37.860909 -122.4325681999999937.850955 -122.44677469999999 37.870863 -122.41836169999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-57711454800390355932009-08-04T17:09:00.000-07:002009-10-25T23:57:25.432-07:00Point Arena Lighthouse<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU8fcwO7PI/AAAAAAAACII/E3c9sC_NuQ4/s1600-h/PointArena-11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396786239465516274" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU8fcwO7PI/AAAAAAAACII/E3c9sC_NuQ4/s400/PointArena-11.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>Location:</strong> 45500 Lighthouse Road, its about 4 miles north of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Arena,_California"><em>Point Arena</em></a><em>,</em> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendocino_County,_California"><em>Mendocino County</em></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California"><em>California</em></a>, and 135 miles north of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco">San Francisco, </a>and 31 miles west of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopland,_California">Hopland </a><br /><strong>Directions</strong>: From <strong>CA-1</strong>, <em><strong>head west</strong></em> on <strong>LIGHTHOUSE RD.</strong> Drive to the end of the road. Its about <em>2.6 miles</em> from <strong>CA-1</strong> turnoff, it is about 5 miles from <strong><em>Point Arena town</em></strong> heading north.<br /><br /><strong>Coordinates</strong> <strong>WGS-84:</strong> (GPS) 38°57′17″N 123°44′26″W38.95472°N 123.74056°W<br /><strong>Year first constructed</strong>: 1870<br /><strong>Year first lit</strong>: 1908 (current tower)<br /><strong>Automated</strong>: 1977<br /><strong>Foundation</strong>: Concrete<br /><strong>Construction</strong>: Reinforced Concrete<br /><strong>Tower shape</strong>: Cylindrical<br /><strong>Markings/Pattern</strong>: Currently not painted<br /><strong>Height</strong>: 115 feet, 155 feet above sea level<br /><strong>Original lens</strong>: First order rotating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens">Fresnel lens </a>mercury floated<br /><strong>Current lens</strong>: DCB-224<br /><strong>Range</strong>: 25 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mile">nmi </a><br /><strong>Characteristic:</strong> Flashing white 15 s. Emergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished.<br /><strong>The Point Arena Light is California Historical Landmark No</strong>: 1035.[1]<br /><strong>Admiralty number</strong>: G4358<br /><strong>ARLHS</strong> <strong>number</strong>: USA-611<br /><strong>USCG</strong> <strong>number</strong>: 6-0420<br /><br /><p><br />It was about 10:00 am When I arrived at <em>Eddies</em> house in <em>San Bruno</em>. The sun was already high in the sky. We quickly packed our supplies for the day into back of my SUV, <em>Eddie’s</em> daughters <em>Catherine</em>, <em>Jamie</em> and <em>Jennifer</em> where excited and brimming over with energy. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU8HchW8TI/AAAAAAAACH4/tMAZN66E6Og/s1600-h/PointArena-9.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396785827086266674" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU8HchW8TI/AAAAAAAACH4/tMAZN66E6Og/s400/PointArena-9.jpg" /></a>Next was a quick stop at <em>Starbucks</em> a fill of coffee and we where on our way.<br /><br />One indication that you are out of the main suburbs of the city is the local cafes of the small towns, the sense of false sophistication and is replaced by good solid humor and personal relationship. One of our first stops was near <em>Petaluma</em>, where we had lunch at a roadside cafe. The café had a rural & bikers feeling to it. We sat outside, under the canopy, sheltered from the warm sun. Our waitress, dressed in a blue checkered blouse, short blue denim shorts, long high heel shoes and her hair rolled up, finished red ruby lipstick, and covered in tattoos, her jovial humor was welcomed as she sported her big ring and tattooed arm. She took our order, helped the children to choose what to eat from the menu and gestured a knockout blow to my brother <em>Eddie</em> as he joked with her. After lunch, it was a few pictures of the neighborhood and on our way to <em>Point Arena.<br /></em><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU8HJ6lc5I/AAAAAAAACHw/HnN4hmNO3mc/s1600-h/PointArena-8.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396785822091801490" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU8HJ6lc5I/AAAAAAAACHw/HnN4hmNO3mc/s400/PointArena-8.jpg" /></a>Soon, we where in wide open countryside, luscious fields and lots of black and white <em>Holstein</em> cows grazing on the green clover laden fields. These are <em>Californian</em> cows, happy cows. Our view was filled with lovely blue sky, birds and butterflies. As we drove further and deeper into the countryside our remembrance of the city started to fade from memory and nature became our reality, we made a few stops along the way to take in and observe the breathtaking views. We definitely had hit the heartland of Dairy Farms in <em>Marin</em>, I was expecting at some bend to meet a group of <strong><em>Moosicians</em></strong> with their accordions, trumpets and drums.<br /><br />This was to be a long journey which brought us past Bodega Bay and up the coast road towards <em>Fort Bragg</em> and <em>Mendocino</em> County. At times the road narrowed into one lane and reminded me of the roads in <em>Ireland</em>. A few unusual sights we saw on our way. Cows standing on the sides of cliffs as if they where goats, rising above the clouds and seeing them as if you where in an aircraft, and a monument of American flags, and a immaculate Ford T sitting on the edge of a cliff with no-one in sight. Sometimes I kick myself because I don’t stop and take these pictures. And lots of small towns begging me to get out and take some pictures. The sad thing about my blog is I only post 10 to 14 pictures and if the lighthouse is really interesting then the pictures are all about the lighthouse. I am still thinking about a back roads blog.<br /><br /><br />It was late in the afternoon when we arrived at <em>Point Arena</em>; we had maybe 30-45 minutes before lighthouse station closed. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU7qjhYaEI/AAAAAAAACHY/Kpflxuv1Rnc/s1600-h/PointArena-5.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396785330749204546" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU7qjhYaEI/AAAAAAAACHY/Kpflxuv1Rnc/s400/PointArena-5.jpg" /></a>It’s open between 10am - 3:30 pm each day. I was impressed at viewing this tall erect round tower as it rose into the blustery sky. I could feel its impact it had on the mariners of its day as it protected them from the treacherous waters. It was cold, windy and foggy, the wind cut right through my clothing, as I hurriedly put on my wind breaker. We made our way to fog house building at the light station, where we where greeted by a very friendly black lady in her mid years and her young assistant who was working for the summer while she was off school. There is a very well stocked gift shop in the converted Fog signal building, this is the building from 1896, so we picked up a few ornaments; the proceeds go to the preservation of the lighthouse.<br /><br /><br />On Display is an enormous 1st order Fresnel lens. Its in beautiful condition, a continuous video is playing on lighthouses, and you are surrounded by visual history of the Arena lighthouse.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU7pesjrII/AAAAAAAACG4/ZbfDNkpkDrs/s1600-h/PointArena-1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396785312274033794" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU7pesjrII/AAAAAAAACG4/ZbfDNkpkDrs/s400/PointArena-1.jpg" /></a> What is a shame, the Lens had to be removed from the lantern room of the lighthouse because some brain dead woman scratched her initials on one of the prisms, she ruined it for everyone. The Fog signal building is a light station museum and gift shop, lots of photos and artifacts from the past. Eddies Children and I made our way to the top of Lighthouse tower, Eddie was not willing to climb the stairs because of his injured back. The climb to the top is very steep. When I arrived at top I was out of breath, partly due to dragging all my camera equipment and my bum knee. The view from the top was worth it. The Tower is a great observation point to view the coast and the surrounding countryside. I Looked through the telescope and observed some seals on the rocks below. Apparently they are two types here at Point Arena I am not sure what types of seals they are, I will have to find out at a later stage. Went outside on the tower balcony and felt the force of the blustery wind, secured my hat and cameras to my body, certainly my cheeks where going to have a full glow after this.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Jlr714xL_pYpYiSxhfpJk6WEElxYGwLzIi2DR44NdnyHyUC_sYethZOy0yd2wfUmyEDybrsmseMqpa2Wh_5DTi9SLkRp9FrnNxMqbqhmCoMkcksJ4c9u5zhA36G-9UpCDGeEhZ_1HXw/s1600-h/PointArena-12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396786243617339458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Jlr714xL_pYpYiSxhfpJk6WEElxYGwLzIi2DR44NdnyHyUC_sYethZOy0yd2wfUmyEDybrsmseMqpa2Wh_5DTi9SLkRp9FrnNxMqbqhmCoMkcksJ4c9u5zhA36G-9UpCDGeEhZ_1HXw/s400/PointArena-12.jpg" /></a><br />Inside the tower, they are many opportunities to photograph, the spiraling stairs from the original tower, the lantern room, and the corridor between the walls. After we slowly made our way to the bottom of the tower, we captured a few family pictures to add to our collection. In the dull grey weather with high cold winds, there was a wedding party taking pictures of the bride and groom at the lighthouse. I snapped a few of the wedding party; especially the white stretch limo juxtaposed to the round tower of the lighthouse. We where the last to leave the light station, and we made our way into point Arena town. I find it exhilarating just to watch young people amuse themselves by turning a small town into a plaything. <em>Catherine</em> and <em>Jennifer</em> had fun with the old cinema and the quaintness of town Mural. We spent a small amount of time strolling about an empty town before heading back towards <em>Bodega</em> <em>Bay</em>, where we decided to dine.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU8gUPFBmI/AAAAAAAACIg/Yr07-KHN2iU/s1600-h/PointArena-14.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396786254358840930" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU8gUPFBmI/AAAAAAAACIg/Yr07-KHN2iU/s400/PointArena-14.jpg" /></a><br />As we travelled on our return journey, we stopped at a monument of American flags.It was quite strange, here in the middle of no where a massive fallen tree was decorated with numerous American flags, also it was protected by a light sensor. We spent some time scrambling around the woods in the area. Again <em>Eddie’s</em> children made free with their environment. I must say they are a pleasure to be around, and are respectful to our natural resources. As we continued our journey, we where amazed at the cows standing on the side of steep hills as if they where mountain goats, and the green model T on edge of a cliff. At times it felt as if I was in a surreal world, on mountains above the clouds, cows on the edge of the world and green model T in space, usually after such an experience I kick myself in the pants for not spending more time taking pictures.<br /><br />Eventually we arrived in <em>Bodega</em> <em>Bay</em>, we had a quick bite to eat, clam chowder, spent a little time perusing the store, wandered to the deck. We had a wonderful sunset, and a great view of the bay, spent a few moments just drinking in the beauty, when we capped it off with <em>Jamie</em> getting some pictures with a Seal in the background. Dusk fell and it was just a long drive home. Darkness has its own way of bringing an adventure to its close, and preparing for the next lighthouse.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubJRDlPAc1m_qE8rGPrnucRoJ2BVrOIsKXXR_ygBITis0eBrj8ZoWK8PfoQIz9taOwYaTkWJuJbD-LTFjiVXP-0wCOMIe58v11DjOgZjcJVL1nVHyeXE6t4Q2yHZKVL1_aqaWh1BnhSI/s1600-h/PointArena-10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396785828959524242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubJRDlPAc1m_qE8rGPrnucRoJ2BVrOIsKXXR_ygBITis0eBrj8ZoWK8PfoQIz9taOwYaTkWJuJbD-LTFjiVXP-0wCOMIe58v11DjOgZjcJVL1nVHyeXE6t4Q2yHZKVL1_aqaWh1BnhSI/s400/PointArena-10.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>History</strong><br /></span><strong>1543</strong>, Spaniard Bartolomé Ferrelo was the first European to name Point Arena, he called it Cabo de Fortunas (“cape of fortunes"). The point is a narrow sandbar peninsula jutting 1/2 mil into the Pacific Ocean. This sandbar creates a natural hazard to seafaring vessels due to its currents and reefs.<br /><strong>1775</strong>, lieutenant Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (commander of the schooner Sonora) renamed the cape to Punta Delgado (narrow point) ,he was part of a royal expedition chartered by the government of Mexico to chart the north coast of Alta California. Later known as Punta Barro de Arena (Sandbar Point)<br /><strong>1850s</strong> and 1860s, The Gold rush caused an increase in ship traffic carrying redwood lumber, goods to and from Northern California to San Francisco; this showed the need for a navigation aid at this dangerous point.<br /><strong>1865</strong> November, 10 ships sank in stormy seas just off Point Arena.<br /><strong>1866</strong>, The US Government surveyed Point Arena to construct a lighthouse station.<br /><strong>1867</strong>. Supplies for the lighthouse station were transported to the Arena Cove and hauled by mule 4 miles overland to the lighthouse site. Local rock was deemed inadequate for the lighthouse, so a local company was contracted to produce bricks on-site. 3 kilns were built, and more than 500,000 bricks supplied.<br /><strong>1869</strong>, Lighthouse construction began on what is Now known as Point Arena (sand point), which is part of the Emerald Triangle. The 100 ft brick-and-mortar (masonry) tower included ornate iron balcony supports and a large 2 ½ story Keeper’s residence at its base with enough space to house 4 families, another 114,000 bricks from San Francisco where used to construct the outside of the tower. 1st order fixed; Fresnel lens was installed in the lantern room. There was little quite or privacy with 4 families under one roof. A log entry from 1880 records "Threatening weather and fighting children."<br /><br /><strong>1870</strong>, Point Arena was the 1st of 3 tall coastal beacons on the west coast of California, Pigeon Point and Piedras Blancas where the other 2. On May 1st its beacon lit the skies of Mendocino Coast and joined the other sentinels on California’s coast, in sending its warning signals to mariners of the dangerous reefs embedded on in the Pacific Ocean just off its narrow point. The original oil lamp could be seen up to 18 miles away.<br /><strong>1871</strong> A fog signal building consisting of 2 12-inch steam whistles began operation and its boilers consumed about 100 tons of wood in a foggy year, The whistles made a 5 second blast every 25 seconds..<br /><strong>1880's</strong>. the point was connected to the local country road (now Highway 1) by means of a government right of way.<br /><strong>1880</strong> <strong>June 7</strong>, The light keepers log recorded an earthquake shook the Tower , the quake was on the San Andreas fault lying just offshore from the point.<br /><br /><strong>1883</strong>, the Lighthouse Board said in its Annual Report the <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU8G4-QtLI/AAAAAAAACHo/2Xw362XuAI0/s1600-h/PointArena-7.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396785817543816370" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU8G4-QtLI/AAAAAAAACHo/2Xw362XuAI0/s400/PointArena-7.jpg" /></a>light station was "located on a projecting point, the outer face of which is on an almost perpendicular bluff, made peculiarly dangerous by the liability of sudden caving near the edge of the earth overlying the sand-rock. One of the laborers fell over this bluff and was drowned. A picket-fence 1,400 ft long was built around the structures to prevent further accident."<br /><strong>1888</strong>, the light keepers log recorded, Earthquake shook the lighthouse tower<br /><strong>1896</strong> The wearing down of the fog signal building due to its environment had to be replaced by a new construction; its whistle distinctiveness was retained. This fog signal building is now the current Museum which houses the 1st order Fresnel lens.<br /><strong>1898</strong>, The light keepers log recorded, Earthquake shook the lighthouse tower<br /><strong>1906, April 18th,</strong> a devastating earthquake struck the Light Station. The Lighthouse and the Light keeper’s quarters were damaged beyond repair that they had to be demolished. Only the fog signal building managed to survive the quake. Much of the material from the demolished light station was used for the rebuilding of the new light station. The Light keeper recorded the quake. “A heavy blow struck the tower from the south. The blow came quick and heavy, accompanied by a heavy report. The tower quivered for a few seconds, went far over to the north, came back, and then swung north again, repeating this several times. Immediately after came rapid and violent vibrations, rending the tower apart, the sections grinding and grating upon each other; while the lenses, reflectors, etc., in the lantern were shaken from their settings and fell in a shower upon the iron floor.” The docent on duty said the tower swayed 4 ft in either direction before the lens came crashing down on the turret above.<br />When workers arrived, temporary housing was built for the keepers and the construction workers. A 30-foot wooden light tower with the lantern room from the original tower was built next to the lighthouse, and a 2nd order lens installed.<br /><br /><strong>1907 January 5th</strong>, the temporary began operation.<br />Cognizant <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU8GX6yTwI/AAAAAAAACHg/oc0IgxEe0u8/s1600-h/PointArena-6.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396785808670871298" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU8GX6yTwI/AAAAAAAACHg/oc0IgxEe0u8/s400/PointArena-6.jpg" /></a>of what havoc earthquakes can wreck on buildings made of brick, the United States Lighthouse Service sought a quake-proof building, they contracted with San Francisco's Concrete Chimney Corporation - to rebuild the lighthouse on the site, their specialty was building Industrial chimneys, which accounts for the unique design for the new Point Arena Lighthouse; featuring steel reinforcement rods encased in concrete. This was the first lighthouse built this way.<br />On the site of the original tower, the new 115-ft tower was built, It was made of reinforced concrete - an innovation at the time. Iron bars were woven together, surrounded by wooden frames, and then covered by concrete to create the tower. As the tower grew, so did the wooden scaffolding encircling it. Contained in the scaffolding was a mule-powered elevator used to raise the numerous wheelbarrows of concrete to be poured into the forms. After the tower was completed, a doughnut-shaped buttress was built around the base of the tower to give it additional support and create a circular workroom.<br /><br />The staircase from the original lighthouse survived intact, and was reassembled in the new tower. The tower was supported by a massive base to provide further support and featured a 1st Order Fresnel Lens, over six feet in diameter and weighing more than six tons. Four single family homes were built in row to replace the light keeper's dwelling. The extra space was to provide more privacy to the families of the keeper and his assistants<br /><strong>1908 September 15th 6:00 pm,</strong> the beacons of light from a new 1st order Fresnel lens manufactured by Barbier, Benard & <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU7qA0cj0I/AAAAAAAACHI/F899c44ij5w/s1600-h/PointArena-3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396785321433927490" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU7qA0cj0I/AAAAAAAACHI/F899c44ij5w/s400/PointArena-3.jpg" /></a>Turenne in France, beamed out to sea from its new 115ft tower. The lens was made up of 666 hand-ground glass prisms all focused toward 3 sets of double bull’s-eyes. It was these bull’s-eyes that gave the Point Arena Lighthouse its unique "light signature" of double flashes every six seconds as it rotated atop 3 gallons of mercury. The lens was set in solid brass framework , the wickies had to hand crank a 160 lb clockwork weight suspended in the center shaft of the tower up every 75 mins,the lens was rotated by this action of the clockwork mechanism, caused the rotation to revolve every 18 second. Light was produced by a "Funks" hydraulic oil lamp, that needed to be refueled every 4 hours, and whose wicks would have to be trimmed regularly, it was visible for 20 miles<br />This incredible optic, that held an appraised value of over $3.5 million,<br />Prior to the introduction of electricity,.. Later, two 1,000 watt electric lamps were installed to replace the oil lamp, and a 1/8 horsepower electric motor was installed to replace the clockworks.<br /><strong>1937-52</strong> Light Keeper Bill Owens served at Point Arena for 15 years during which time control of lighthouses passed from he Lighthouse Board to the Coast Guard<br />Owens found the lintel from the doorway of the original tower in the surf, which is now near the tower,<br /><br /><strong>1939</strong>. The daymark of the tower was slightly changed as part of this transition, the gallery around the lantern room was formerly painted black, but the Coast Guard decided to paint the enti<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU7qVz1BhI/AAAAAAAACHQ/DfUFBUczbjA/s1600-h/PointArena-4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396785327068481042" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU7qVz1BhI/AAAAAAAACHQ/DfUFBUczbjA/s400/PointArena-4.jpg" /></a>re cement portion of the tower white.<br />During the war, guardsmen were assigned to patrol the area. Light Keepers where required to report any sightings of enemy ships or submarines. During one of Keeper William Owens watches, he spotted a submarine near the point. When he reported it he was told no enemy submarines where in the area. A lumber schooner Ameilia was sunk near Fort Bragg the next day. Later the US Navy confirmed a enemy sub off the California Coast.<br /><strong>1960</strong>, The light keepers' dwellings were demolished and new quarters built. 4 coastguardsmen and their families manned the light station and they occupied the: a 4 bedroom, and 3 x 3-bedroom residences. Other buildings at the time include a paint locker, fuel locker, bosun locker, fire pump, water pumps and JP-5 fueling pumps. A ½-ton truck was used to bring the children to school in the nearby town.<br /><strong>1976</strong>, the fog signal was discontinued,<br /><br /><strong>1977 June</strong>, An aero beacon was installed outside the tower, and the light was automated. 1st Order Fresnel Lens was discontinued, but remained in the tower. At the time, the lens was the only Mercury-floated light still in existence in the Twelfth United States Coast Guard District..<br />The 400 pound aircraft beacon had been replaced by a 40 pound modern rotating light that incorporates the Fresnel principles for the efficient projection of light.<br />There is a battery-powered emergency system installed as a back-up in the event of a power failure. In addition, a radio beacon, with a 50-mile signal that originates from the station, also assists mariners. the current modern rotating light can be seen for 16 miles<br />The station was closed to the public<br /><strong>1978</strong>, the original fog signal at the station was silenced, and a bell buoy was placed nearby.<br /><strong>1982</strong>, Point Arena Lighthouse Keeper's, Inc. received permission to conduct tours of the station..<br /><strong>1984</strong>, a nonprofit group called the Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers received the light station as part of a 25 year land lease to mange the light station from the Coast Guard and the Department of Transportation.<br /><strong>1992</strong>, the film "Forever Young" was filmed at Point Arena. The film stars Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis and George Wendt. A shell of a Victorian mansion and a gazebo were built on the grounds north of the lighthouse. After eight days of filming, the crews dismantled the Victorian and left as quickly as they arrived. Today, only the gazebo stands along the northern cliffs of Point Arena.<br /><strong>2000</strong> November, the nonprofit group was given ownership of the light station due to their historic preservation and educational efforts. A lot of the group’s income came from lighthouse visitation, museum store sales, lighthouse memberships and rental of the light keeper's homes. This income is used for ongoing preservation of the tower, facilities, and educational endeavors.<br /><div><br /><strong>2004</strong>, the mercury (used to float the Fresnel lens) was finally removed. Over three gallons of mercury was removed. The mercury was no longer needed, and represented a health hazard.<br /><strong>2005</strong>, Fresnel lens stabilization work began as the white letharge (special Fresnel lens putty for holding the prisms) was deteriorating. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU7puxYJ0I/AAAAAAAACHA/livKfLpTfdw/s1600-h/PointArena-2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396785316589217602" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SuU7puxYJ0I/AAAAAAAACHA/livKfLpTfdw/s400/PointArena-2.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>2006</strong>, the lighthouse was the subject of another film - this time a documentary. The independent film includes a description of Fresnel lenses, a history of the light, and an interview with the Owens sisters - daughters of Keeper William Owens.<br />Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers was awarded $200,000 from The State of California to help with their restoration efforts.<br /><strong>2008</strong>, $1.6 million was spent to renovate the public restrooms, fog signal building, and the tower, whose concrete had begun to crumble, the lantern room received a new copper roof and the 1st order Fresnel lens was moved, along with its pedestal and clockwork drive mechanism, to the fog signal building (museum). Jim Woodward a Fresnel lens expert was brought in to oversee the move.<br /><strong>2009</strong> February, the tower was once again opened to the public; it is unpainted. The lantern room has been fitted with a metal floor, and makes for a great observation room with 360 degree view of the area.<br />Restoration work at the station is ongoing - much of the work done by volunteers and renovation funds greatly appreciated.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiwFB_iML3RbrD_e2_zRE4zKMaH8SleaCFcSaMG7b_U4J4Wxt-fM_0nevSXXs94MpaeN-5aN4cxHcMInt7evZ476ke8mqJRmvO07mqGzkgcK0Lshcnf8ZfwknfWRVcBpAv92oO3kT48M/s1600-h/PointArena-13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396786248955563170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiwFB_iML3RbrD_e2_zRE4zKMaH8SleaCFcSaMG7b_U4J4Wxt-fM_0nevSXXs94MpaeN-5aN4cxHcMInt7evZ476ke8mqJRmvO07mqGzkgcK0Lshcnf8ZfwknfWRVcBpAv92oO3kT48M/s400/PointArena-13.jpg" /></a><br />Much of the history came from many sources and I am not sure if I have referenced all.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">References<br /></span></strong>• <em><strong>Point Arena</strong>,</em> Gregory W. Coan, The Keeper's Log, Spring 1993.<br />• <em><strong>Lighthouses of the Pacific</strong>,</em> Jim Gibbs, 1986.<br />• <strong><em>Annual Report</em></strong> of the Light House Board, various years.<br />• <strong><em>Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses</em></strong>, Nelson pp. 143-145<br />• <strong><em>California Lighthouses</em></strong>, Roberts and Jones pp. 22-23<br />• <strong><em>The Keeper's Log</em></strong> Winter 2005, Fall 2005, Winter 2006, Summer 2006<br />• <strong><em>Lighthouse Digest</em></strong>, August 2005, August 2006 <p></p><br /><p><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Links</strong></span><br />• <a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCA.asp">US Coast Guard Historical Light Station information & photographs </a><br />• <a href="http://www.pointarenalighthouse.com/">Point Arena Lighthouse</a><br />• <a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/Maritime/light/ptarena.htm">National Park Service</a> Point Arena<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2009 </span></em></strong></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-71950178680283765562009-08-04T17:06:00.000-07:002009-09-24T11:28:51.467-07:00Cape Mendocino Light<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsLcb49BFI/AAAAAAAACD8/hUBTKf7QlaM/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384910362602439762" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsLcb49BFI/AAAAAAAACD8/hUBTKf7QlaM/s400/Cape+Mendocino-11.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><strong>Location</strong>: off <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelter_Cove,_California">Shelter Cove </a>near Point Delgado,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_County,_California">Humbolt County</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California">California</a>.<br /><strong>Directions</strong>: <a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/mendocin.htm">Cape Mendocino’s Lighthouse tower </a>can be seen in the coastal community of Shelter Cove, 24 miles west of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garberville,_California">Garberville</a>. Take the Redwood Drive exit from Highway 101 and look for road signs to Shelter Cove, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Range,_California">King Range National Conservation </a>area, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redway,_California">Redway </a>or Briceland. In Redway turn west onto Briceland Road to Shelter Cove Road. Follow Shelter Cove road to Upper Pacific, it’s a tee junction. Turn left onto Upper Pacific, then make a right onto Machi Road. You will see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse">lighthouse </a>from the road. The journey is very rugged and isolated. Set aside about a 90 mins to 2 hours for the journey from Garberville and back again. The lighthouse is open to public, when I visited on the Sunday it closed around 4:00 pm. I read that if you call (707) 986-1611 you can your lighthouse passport signed if no one is at the lighthouse.<br /><br /><strong>Year first lit</strong>: 1868<br /><strong>Automated</strong>: 1951<br /><strong>Deactivated</strong>: 1970s (Old)<br /><strong>Foundation</strong>: Concrete<br /><strong>Construction</strong>: Cast Iron<br /><strong>Tower shape</strong>: white 16-sided Pyramidal<br /><strong>Original lens:</strong> 1st order <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens">Fresnel lens </a>(<a href="http://ci.ferndale.ca.us/">Ferndale</a>)<br /><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_characteristic">Characteristic</a></strong>: white flash every 30 s.<br /><strong><a href="http://wlol.arlhs.com/index.php?mode=alpha">ARLHS </a>number:</strong> USA-129H<br /><strong><a href="http://www.uscg.mil/">USCG </a>number</strong>: 6-0515<br /><strong>Markings/Pattern</strong>: White<br /><strong>Relationship to Other Structure</strong>: Separate<br /><br /><br />This part of the journey commenced on Sunday after my return trip to the <a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2009/08/table-bluff.html"><em>Table Bluff lighthouse</em></a>. It was also my part of my long drive home. I was somewhat satisfied and also dissatisfied with crop of pictures I took. Knowing I had not got the best of shots and yet with the weather conditions as grey as they where, I accepted the limitations of my environment. My mind had reached a peaceful state, not encroached upon by the pressures of the world. I wondered if I could have lived the life of a monk. I felt I could live without people, how sad is that, Barbara Streisand had a song that had a line “People who need people are the luckiest people in the world”. Strange thoughts when you are alone with yourself, almost as if you where high on drugs. All this natural beauty was so intoxicating, I could feel myself being overwhelmed. At times I just had to pull to the side of the road and snap a few pictures. This Gods country and I have no doubt about it.<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsKzawPg_I/AAAAAAAACCs/746Q9J_mfxg/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384909657922831346" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsKzawPg_I/AAAAAAAACCs/746Q9J_mfxg/s400/Cape+Mendocino-1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><em>Cape Mendocino</em> Lighthouse was relocated to <em>Shelter Cove</em>, a small community on the California coast. <em>Garberville</em> is probably the closest town of descent population size; it was a fair journey from <em>Eureka</em>. I drove South 101 to <em>Garberville</em>. Saw the last of the old town in <em>Eureka</em> in my rear view mirror, worth the visit just for the quaintness of small towns. Played my iPod and listened to a wide variety of music as I travelled south. I argued with myself about visiting <em><a href="http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/res/Education_in_BLM/Learning_Landscapes/For_Kids/History_Mystery/hm4/punta_gorda.html">Punta Gorda</a></em>, but with a troubling knee and being on my own, reason won out and it was unto Cape Mendocino. The big trees and the vastness of the mountains constantly assailed my vision, to my left, my right, in front and behind, I was buried in green, my favorite color and lost in nature. I felt I was in <em><strong>Gods hand,</strong></em> and He was loving on me. I took the <em>Garberville</em> exit to which is the turn to the ocean and <em>Shelter Cove</em> from 101 and headed towards <em>Briceland</em>. I made a small stop on the edge of <em>Garberville</em>, pulled out my netbook, posted on twitter & Facebook, sent an email or two, had a cup of coffee and continued my journey.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsK0TVk69I/AAAAAAAACC8/xPUQWPn-iDo/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 306px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384909673111808978" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsK0TVk69I/AAAAAAAACC8/xPUQWPn-iDo/s400/Cape+Mendocino-3.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Small Towns are wonderful and picturesque, artistic building from the past, main streets well defined and locked in an endless time zone. Could I live up here, not sure, definitely need to spend more time travelling these back roads. It could be the beginning of a new adventure. What I am now aware of people in the suburbs lock themselves in their homes and don’t venture out. This is like living in a luxury prison. Big Stores, fine dining and even appreciating the finer things of life is not where fulfillment is at. I know when I came back from this expedition I had a tough time adjusting, my heart longs to travel here again.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsKz8DFdjI/AAAAAAAACC0/fTNq-8TFQdc/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384909666860234290" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsKz8DFdjI/AAAAAAAACC0/fTNq-8TFQdc/s400/Cape+Mendocino-2.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The Avenue of the Giant Redwood trees, <em><a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=429">Sinkyone Wilderness State Park</a></em>, every turn in the road, the road narrowed, and the trees grew larger and larger, at times the sky was blocked from view. Every so often, my eye would catch a glimpse of some animal; I was never sure what it was. After Briceland I came to a junction that put me on the road towards Shelter Cove. I was no sooner on this road when I crossed a small bridge and came to a clearing that was breath taking. I pulled my SUV into the clearing and grabbed my camera and started to take some shots. God was painting in light before my eyes, and my camera could not catch the range of light. After 20 mins I got in my SUV to resume my journey. It took me about 90 minutes driving on these mountainous roads with uncertainty and 45 minutes on my return.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgT3i-3eJZiK_VYZDkGXahayicQPmSW7gSV1BN9VMfrKBElU0zI7PVc5rNsSYnn5KwXlYouyaHpEbjl8BtPJRh1m0YrEQ05aJuN-7NLn2SBWKbQwyovKOKhZYkEl4Qea4hV_NDQTYHno/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384910370350361426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgT3i-3eJZiK_VYZDkGXahayicQPmSW7gSV1BN9VMfrKBElU0zI7PVc5rNsSYnn5KwXlYouyaHpEbjl8BtPJRh1m0YrEQ05aJuN-7NLn2SBWKbQwyovKOKhZYkEl4Qea4hV_NDQTYHno/s400/Cape+Mendocino-12.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Eventually I arrived at <em>Shelter Cove,</em> I was famished. It looked so tranquil and had the feeling of being in a resort town of <a href="http://www.ireland.com/"><em>Ireland</em></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballybunion">Ballybunion </a>or <a href="http://www.kilkee.ie/index.html">KilKee</a>. The people looked so laid back as if they where separated from this mad world and did not care if it existed outside of their community. The lighthouse is located near the southern end of the cove and is clearly visible from the road. I drove straight to the parking lot in front of the lighthouse. Sitting outside the entrance to the lighthouse was 2 ladies, manning their chairs while sunbathing and chatting about the local events. It was around 3:00 pm and I was informed if I wanted something to eat I better do it now, a younger woman, a daughter of one of the ladies worked in the café, just a stone throw from the lighthouse, introduced herself and said she was on her way back to the café. I followed her and ordered myself a cup of coffee and fish and chips. I said outside in the glaring sunlight, with a small breeze, watching a lazy old dog sleeping under a table. The fish and chips tasted great, it was probably the best fish and chips I ever had.<br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImP-Ir1v4n7MecAboRu_r_b7D4u0zDR1UCFuFyfl6dp2nSAyhbp1nLcYU1vJBQ3MCnjYkCKsC9fddxUfmej2JdaabwdCFMykMg8dA1DwELubHyNTcsfQELYCdm-J0U6xRKWCJgYdiGWg/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384910377733437970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImP-Ir1v4n7MecAboRu_r_b7D4u0zDR1UCFuFyfl6dp2nSAyhbp1nLcYU1vJBQ3MCnjYkCKsC9fddxUfmej2JdaabwdCFMykMg8dA1DwELubHyNTcsfQELYCdm-J0U6xRKWCJgYdiGWg/s400/Cape+Mendocino-13.jpg" /></a><br /><br />After I finished eating I made my way around the harbor, watching the boats coming in and the people cleaning their catch for the day. I made my way back to lighthouse, spoke to the two female docents and they gave the rundown on the lighthouse and how it wound up in shelter cove. They also informed me that during the winter they get cutoff from the outside world, and even with an SUV you cannot get in or out, and at times you are without electricity and communication. One of the ladies informed me that her husband was from the <em>west of Ireland</em> and had immigrated to United States, and how they retired to this cove. Its amazing what people is willing to share and how friendly they are. I must record some of these conversations and start taking names. She was very interested in my lighthouse blogs and who knows she might be reading this. But I did envy her way of life that day in the cove. Beach front property, green rolling hills, warm blue waters, a gentle breeze and as she basked in the hot sun, what a day to relax. I took my pictures and with a melancholy heart made my way back to <em>Garberville</em> and the long journey home. My weekend trip had ended, but I will be back, planning my next trip in October.<br /><br />You can not help but enjoy the fabulous 360 degree panorama of, fir trees, deer, mountains, beaches and surf. Not to mention the Pacific Ocean. The area is an eco-tourists dream.<br /><br /><strong>History</strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVy7L7izYIgDbQ5U40Jv2esyfZUPVR-rpeZhMbd_8tPh69kERERmGJTVnCt9c7Grwl7xMsz1FL-4YwNONucnw8hNn4FsKa0nxpzQsi3FIMRoefjBpQqZUZX_ySP-dgTrLoLtcygg3F9uE/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384910051056299298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVy7L7izYIgDbQ5U40Jv2esyfZUPVR-rpeZhMbd_8tPh69kERERmGJTVnCt9c7Grwl7xMsz1FL-4YwNONucnw8hNn4FsKa0nxpzQsi3FIMRoefjBpQqZUZX_ySP-dgTrLoLtcygg3F9uE/s400/Cape+Mendocino-10.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>Mid 1800’s </strong>Navigating the Californian Coast was quite treacherous. At the westernmost point on California coastline lays Cape Mendocino, it is considered to be one of the most deadly areas for ships. It was evident that a lighthouse was needed to guide merchant ships up and down the hazardous coast.<br /><br /><strong>1867, Sept 14th,</strong> the Shubrick a lighthouse tender was heading north with building materials for Cape Mendocino when it was shipwrecked near Punta Gorda, 30 miles to the South. The captain ran her a ground saving lives but loosing supplies. A few months later the building materials and men where successfully delivered and had to be hauled up a steep slope to the site where the lighthouse was to be constructed.<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsLIm6ByRI/AAAAAAAACDU/JHjxWdMdez4/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384910021962352914" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsLIm6ByRI/AAAAAAAACDU/JHjxWdMdez4/s400/Cape+Mendocino-6.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>1868</strong> The Cape Mendocino Lighthouse Station was quite large, comprising 171 acres. a 2 story brick light keepers house, a barn, and a carpenter’s shop where completed at the site. At a height of 422 feet above the sea, and 200 yards down a steep cliff, level plateaus had to be carved out to provide a site for a concrete slab to hold the light tower. The tower panels was constructed in San Francisco by Joseph Bein, 16 iron panels where put together and bolted to a concrete pad at the platform in Cape Mendocino, The 43ft tower with its double balcony (design was like Point Reyes) was one of the highest lighthouses in the United States. It was the highest after the light at Point Loma was moved. The roof of the tower is rounded like an umbrella, The first-order Fresnel lens, which had been sent to Eureka by sea was loaded on wagons and moved overland 40 miles south to avoid the risk of damage to it by landing at the risky cape.<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsK03ZlxtI/AAAAAAAACDE/j61O5oKt3Y4/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384909682792318674" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsK03ZlxtI/AAAAAAAACDE/j61O5oKt3Y4/s400/Cape+Mendocino-4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>1868,Dec 1</strong>, the 1st order Fresnel lens cast its proud beacon 25 miles out to sea, sending out its beam of light, one white flash every 30 seconds, a new sentinel was born.<br /><br /><strong>1870</strong> earthquake brought down the first dwellings and over the next 40 yrs they had to be rebuilt several times due to earthquakes in the area. Battered by winds which often blew down chimneys and broke windows and shaken by earthquakes made life as a lighthouse keeper extremely difficult. Keepers and their families occasionally stayed in the tower or the oil house when their dwellings were damaged by storms. Sleeping quarters were built near the tower so that keepers could remain in the tower if weather conditions were too dangerous to return to their regular quarters, as the winds where strong enough to easily blow a person off the cliff. Due to the nature of steep cliffs enclosing the station, frequent landslides occurred during the wet season. Dwelling floors warped and ceilings cracked. It took 3 light keepers to maintain the lighthouse station.<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsLJinxT2I/AAAAAAAACDk/SKlkJEQ-N7Q/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384910037991903074" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsLJinxT2I/AAAAAAAACDk/SKlkJEQ-N7Q/s400/Cape+Mendocino-8.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>1873</strong> an earthquake opened the ground just 15 ft from the lighthouse tower. The light keepers repaired the opened crack with concrete.<br /><br /><strong>1881</strong>, Inspector<em> Charles McDougal</em> boarded a boat to be rowed ashore from the tender Manzanita; large waves overturned the boat, throwing <em>McDougal</em> and 3 others into the chaotic waters. They drowned, including <em>McDougal</em>, who was allegedly weighed down by a bag of gold coins fixed firmly to his waist that was to be given as payment to the light keepers. The following year, <em>McDougal’s</em> widow was selected as light keeper of Mare Island Lighthouse near Vallejo, a position she would keep for the next 35 years.<br /><br /><strong>1890's</strong> Progress eventually caught up to the Cape Mendocino station, a dirt road was built to the station.<br /><br /><strong>1896</strong>, the Lighthouse Board said the oil house is "almost uninhabitable on account of its bad and unsanitary conditions”, It was too small to accommodate all of the keepers, an assistant keeper and his family were forced to live in the oil house. It was used as housing for keepers for several more years. During this time inspection reports stated the health of the occupants of the lighthouse station as "poor" or "fair." Due to its remoteness the light station was serviced by lighthouse tender<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsK1UpZfdI/AAAAAAAACDM/MxpToqkTyBw/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384909690643250642" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsK1UpZfdI/AAAAAAAACDM/MxpToqkTyBw/s400/Cape+Mendocino-5.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>1905</strong>, the Blunt's Reef Lightship was stationed offshore to more clearly mark that deadly hazard.<br /><br /><strong>1906</strong> earthquake did more damage to the Cape Mendocino light station and 2 more buildings had to be added..<br /><br /><strong>1908</strong>. The 2 New buildings were built, The head keeper’s house was located 300 ft SE of the lighthouse and 35 ft higher on the cliff. A duplex for the two assistants was built 50 ft farther up the cliff face, on a terrace that was roughly 150 ft north of the head keeper’s house.<br />Even though most of the land was steep, the bucolic hills did provide good feed, and several keepers grazed cows at the station. Assistant keeper P. Hunter raised ponies on the station for the stage line that ran near the station from Ferndale and Petrolia. Given the rising and falling nature of the landscape near Cape Mendocino, a change of horses needed to be made just 4 miles NE of the station in Capetown. Hunter supplied horses for the stage line until motorized vehicle was introduced. After his side income ceased, he transferred to Punta Gorda to be nearer to his hometown.<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsLJFFSKoI/AAAAAAAACDc/BwSsxhjMsLk/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384910030062627458" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsLJFFSKoI/AAAAAAAACDc/BwSsxhjMsLk/s400/Cape+Mendocino-7.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>1916</strong>. The passenger steamer Bear ran aground, the steamer’s lifeboats were used to take people ashore, Due to the hazardous surf, 5 drowned, It was considered safer to head for the lightship. 150 people squeezed aboard the lightship. From there they where safely moved to land.<br /><br /><strong>1926</strong> October, The elevated station proved to be an ideal lookout post for Ships. Light Keeper M. M. Palmer saw the Everett a steam schooner, was on fire. From the Light station’s telephone, Palmer called for help. It was found that the crew of the Everett was overcome by the fumes of the fire’s, when the rescue crew arrived. Palmer was attributed with saving the lives of all aboard the schooner Everett.<br /><br /><strong>1939</strong> The United States Coast Guard took control of the Cape Mendocino Lighthouse when the United States Lighthouse Service merged with it. by which time the new caretakers were able to drive vehicles to their remote residences<br /><br /><strong>1951</strong> The light was automated by the uscg a rotating aerobeacon was placed in the lantern room. and the Fresnel lens (1948 according to uscg) was sent to <a href="http://www.city-data.com/city/Ferndale-California.html">Ferndale</a>, California at the Humbolt County Fairgrounds it was installed in a replica of the tower, During each night of the fair, the lens is lit and sends forth its sixteen beams of glorious light.<br /><br /><strong>1960</strong>, the wooden structures at the site burned to the ground to prevent them from being inhabited by squatters.<br /><br /><strong>1971</strong> The rotating beacon was removed from the tower in and placed on a pole farther up the hill. The Light Tower remained - forlorn and abandoned to vandals and the elements. It appeared to be just a matter of time before the old tower would tumble off the cliff and into the sea.<br /><br /><strong>1998</strong>, The abandoned lighthouse was slowly inching down the hillside and gradually succumbing to rust until a movement was initiated to save the tower the Cape Mendocino Lighthouse Preservation Society stepped in and moved the tower to Shelter Cove. 1st week of Nov, the Army National Guard helicopter lifted the lantern room off the tower and moved it 30 miles south to Shelter Cove. The lighthouse tower was dismantled numbered, and trucked to a construction yard for restoration. Shelter Cove, was home to a 3,340-lb fog bell, cast at the Navy Yard on Mare Island 1883, used at Alcatraz Island, Los Angeles Harbor, and Carquinez Strait. The Coast Guard finally donated the bell to Humboldt County Historical Society, who gave it to the College of the Redwoods, near Eureka, where the bell is currently on display<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsLKLcWZpI/AAAAAAAACDs/6ofouIaR13w/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384910048949855890" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsLKLcWZpI/AAAAAAAACDs/6ofouIaR13w/s400/Cape+Mendocino-9.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>1999</strong>, the Cape Mendocino Lighthouse Preservation Society had the lighthouse, restored, painted, and fitted with new glass, The lighthouse tower was reassembled at its new location, Point Delgada, Mel Coombs Park, Shelter Cove.<br /><br /><strong>2000 May</strong>, after 2 yrs of restoration, the tower was opened to the public. All that remains at the original site is the tower's foundation and a nearby plaque commemorating the lighthouse..<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsLd-OkihI/AAAAAAAACEU/wxkqPNguOkw/s1600-h/Cape+Mendocino-14.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 304px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384910388999784978" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SrsLd-OkihI/AAAAAAAACEU/wxkqPNguOkw/s400/Cape+Mendocino-14.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">References</span></strong><br /><em>Lighthouses and Lifeboats of the Redwood Coast</em>, Ralph Shanks, 1978.<br /><em>Lighthouses of the Pacific,</em> Jim Gibbs, 1986.<br /><em>Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses</em> (2nd Ed.), Nelson pp. 154-156<br /><em>California Lighthouses,</em> Roberts and Jones p. 18<br /><em>America's Lighthouses,</em> Holland pp. 170-171 </div><div><em>Legendary Lighthouses</em>, Grant and Jones,p 114<br /><br />External links<br /><a href="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:248937473240027::NO::P3_FID:1702448">US Coast Guard Cape Mendocino Lighthouse </a><br /><a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCA.asp">US Coast Guard California Lighthouses</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ocairdestudio.com/"><strong>Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2009</strong> </a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-92068872401364603502009-08-04T16:54:00.000-07:002009-09-12T01:23:58.922-07:00Trinidad Head Memorial<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380089775462782514" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnrJVYrljI/AAAAAAAACAE/_JgTzuh-b_4/s400/Trinida+Head+memorial-6.jpg" /><br /><strong>Located:</strong> in <a href="http://pages.suddenlink.net/popenoe/scenes/Trinidad.htm">Trinidad </a>Harbor, California,15 miles north of <a href="http://www.ci.eureka.ca.gov/">Eureka, California</a>.<br /><strong>Directions:</strong>Take the Main Street/Westhaven Drive Exit From Highway 101 from Eureka ,head west on Main Street, At the end of the road, Turn left onto Trinity Street and follow it to the end. The memorial lighthouse is at the intersection of Trinity Street and Edwards Street. click here for overview map click here for detail map<br /><br /><strong>Coordinates WGS-84:</strong> (<a href="http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Trinidad_Head_Light&params=41.0518_N_124.1514_W_">GPS) 41°03′06″N 124°09′05″W41.0518°N 124.1514°W<br /></a><strong>Year first constructed:</strong> 1948<br /><strong>Year first lit:</strong> 1948<br /><strong>Automated:</strong> No<br /><strong>Construction:</strong> brick<br /><strong>Tower shape</strong>: Square Pyramidal<br /><strong>Height: </strong>25 ft<br /><strong>Original lens:</strong> Fourth order <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens">Fresnel lens </a>(1898)<br /><strong>Current lens:</strong> Fourth order Fresnel lens (1898)<br /><strong>Characteristic:</strong> white light occulted every 4 s<br /><br /><br /><br />I journeyed back towards <a href="http://www.crescentcity.org/">Crescent City </a>from <a href="http://stgeorgereeflighthouse.us/">St George Reef</a>, The weather was a little clearer but still over cast, it was not cooperating with me and my camera, with the sky so dark and grey it was hard to get some sort of descent shot of the <a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2009/08/st-george-reef-light.html">St George Reef lighthouse</a>. it means that I will have re visit and <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnqtNBD_DI/AAAAAAAAB_s/b9rHkfW-oHY/s1600-h/Trinida+Head+memorial-3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380089292179897394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnqtNBD_DI/AAAAAAAAB_s/b9rHkfW-oHY/s400/Trinida+Head+memorial-3.jpg" /></a><br />find someway to get closer to the reef. I got a few shots of St George 5 miles out in the foggy water and a few more shots of Battery Point from a different perspective. Drove back into Crescent city and filled my SUV with gas at a Chevron Station. The station gives full service at all of the pumps, including the self service pump. I met this charming old guy, who am I kidding “old guy”, I am 57 with plenty of grey, he cleaned my windows, and pumped my gas for me. In a very short period of time, he filled me in on how life is this far up in the hills. He was quite chatty and very friendly, I was now knowledgeable about the way of life in Crescent City, he took my credit card to pay the cashier and brought me the receipt. It appeared as if every pump had some attendant to assist and clean windows. All of the attendants where engaged with their customers in some topic of conversation, it was a nice break from the isolated life of the city gas stations.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnqdWRsNWI/AAAAAAAAB_c/u31vcCDG1G8/s1600-h/Trinida+Head+memorial-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380089019787654498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnqdWRsNWI/AAAAAAAAB_c/u31vcCDG1G8/s400/Trinida+Head+memorial-1.jpg" /></a><br />It was getting late in the afternoon day and instead of looking for the museum that housed St <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnqsvZ-PEI/AAAAAAAAB_k/HWKy7hkCmhk/s1600-h/Trinida+Head+memorial-2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380089284231314498" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnqsvZ-PEI/AAAAAAAAB_k/HWKy7hkCmhk/s400/Trinida+Head+memorial-2.jpg" /></a>George Reef lighthouse artifacts, I plugged Trinidad into my GPS and I was headed towards Eureka. Near the town of<br /><a href="http://www.klamathcc.org/">Klamath </a>, I spent a little time taking pictures of a derelict house near the roadway. Some of those pictures are on my <a href="http://lighthousesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2009/08/table-bluff.html">Table Bluff blog</a>. I interspersed the experience of the two lighthouses. As I wondered around this derelict building, I got an intense feeling of vulnerability, even out here away from the dangers of a city. I felt so vulnerable, almost to the point of panic. I looked at the walls as they were plastered with graffiti, and felt the effects of nature reclaiming her domain, and thought who would abandon such a property and what kind of people could vandalize the ruin. It looked like the home of junkies. So many of our lighthouses have suffered such an abuse, you have to go out of your way to destroy what you cannot appreciate; I saw the beer cans and the needles of death and garbage scattered about the place, real sad to see in the wild.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdm0tj1tqm-P1htu0Wop3Ib4mU9wUzZ2RWMhH-xQduSp-hvbdtj0WOoeUgEv9LQ_gQDExYVwP8tF7HiNLek4_mp6qzXEf-x3VAXhAgguiXw3MIJC6bfn5C1E_ChZXfaVuBVUvzP79Bqew/s1600-h/Trinida+Head+memorial-11.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380090024605617986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdm0tj1tqm-P1htu0Wop3Ib4mU9wUzZ2RWMhH-xQduSp-hvbdtj0WOoeUgEv9LQ_gQDExYVwP8tF7HiNLek4_mp6qzXEf-x3VAXhAgguiXw3MIJC6bfn5C1E_ChZXfaVuBVUvzP79Bqew/s400/Trinida+Head+memorial-11.jpg" /></a><br />I really enjoy the vastness and beauty of mountains and the feeling of isolation and freedom; it is so calm, quiet and beautiful, I could forget the race of city animals and dwell in the beauty of Gods creation. I digress; at each destination I am not sure what to expect, from the environment to the weather, it’s a challenge of expectation. I have printouts from the Internet, I have my history from books, and even a picture or two, but it does not prepare you for the rawness of nature. Constantly my senses are overloaded with Gods beauty and grace. This vastness is given to us without charge, all we have to do is take care of it and not abuse it. Treat it tenderly and it will reward us with beauty. Nature is one of Gods gifts. It is ours to pass on to the next generation and to teach them to look after it for others.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380490575397582290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFuzC2VFsVQ3XNZGxYWBWYuIgLT5jw0LQZ-WN6SbhMTRDWGXHfMXqWBpNsQZcuqagx0laH0I_FnNwhoBAObiM0IMuwwsYIa_gKr2OORD8mgXwkumswH-pBBGQvuJg1JWavcy4SFyDEv0/s400/Trinida+Head+memorial-1.jpg" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Tk6iT7LgkF-HEtoAzzA2TG_fyamtNnvajcDRh5r0agKqcDAeseTxuALdX-bME2023RQmtlRmHPaWOFDsEilZ2fLt-cazXaTBKyPiJM9oucSy4vc0HpxAQ2MLiho7VUL9mIeBmb7pen8/s1600-h/Trinida+Head+memorial-4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380089293822775714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Tk6iT7LgkF-HEtoAzzA2TG_fyamtNnvajcDRh5r0agKqcDAeseTxuALdX-bME2023RQmtlRmHPaWOFDsEilZ2fLt-cazXaTBKyPiJM9oucSy4vc0HpxAQ2MLiho7VUL9mIeBmb7pen8/s400/Trinida+Head+memorial-4.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Finally I arrived in Trinidad, Trinidad Head memorial overlooked Trinidad cove/harbor and had some spectacular views of the bay. Picturesque it was, with lots of yachts and boats anchored in the cove. Trinidad is definitely a small town with very friendly people. Not too many people were at this particular site. No park ranger or docent to give a local tidbit of information. Even those who came by knew very little about the lighthouse. I know that there is an active lighthouse in the area and it can be partially seen from some trail. I tried to find it, with no luck.<br /><br />Later I was to discover that every June there is a festival, in which the Coast Guard opens up the lighthouse to visitors. I spent about 30 minutes taking my pictures.<br /></div><div></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">History </div></span></strong><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380089789096128546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6iyPikNL7tXNunH6FseBandTHp6PnwinU33SyQv1H_eFwODmPnA9OndAu31-L3IleEcSel1LCNRaRgmJGmi1ip47U3YmricIhOFaJdxVQYVxdvBvegoNJ_OgBVaAKZV4jD8tDxL-t70/s400/Trinida+Head+memorial-7.jpg" /><br />1947 After modern optic and air horn replaced the original fog bell and Fresnel lens at the Trinidad Head Lighthouse, the Coast Guard donated the historic items to the Trinidad Civic Club to be displayed in a memorial park overlooking Trinidad Bay.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnrIyjSl9I/AAAAAAAAB_8/J8ZkzFY88eM/s1600-h/Trinida+Head+memorial-5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380089766112040914" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnrIyjSl9I/AAAAAAAAB_8/J8ZkzFY88eM/s400/Trinida+Head+memorial-5.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>1948</strong> <a href="http://trinidadcivicclub.blogspot.com/">Trinidad Civic Club </a>built a replica of the original lighthouse tower in a park; Mrs. Earl Hallmark donated land for the park overlooking the cove. They installed the original fourth order Fresnel lens in the replicas lantern room. They hung the original stations, 1898, 4,000 pound bell from a wooden frame and is on display next to the replica tower. Many believed this replica was the original lighthouse.<br /><strong>1949</strong> the Trinidad Civic Club received the California Grand Sweepstakes Prize in Build a Better Community Contest sponsored by the National Federation of Women's Clubs and the Kroeger Company.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnrLF-cEfI/AAAAAAAACAc/m7uGqjS7fAY/s1600-h/Trinida+Head+memorial-9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380089805685920242" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnrLF-cEfI/AAAAAAAACAc/m7uGqjS7fAY/s400/Trinida+Head+memorial-9.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>early</strong> <strong>1970s</strong>, the Trinidad Civic Club decided to establish a memorial at the lighthouse for those lost at sea. The memorial started as a marble slab engraved with sea gulls and the words "Lost At Sea," but has steadily grown through the years,<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnrKk3eXsI/AAAAAAAACAU/tkbASVM7a6w/s1600-h/Trinida+Head+memorial-8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380089796798340802" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnrKk3eXsI/AAAAAAAACAU/tkbASVM7a6w/s400/Trinida+Head+memorial-8.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>In</strong> <strong>1975</strong>, the club created a four-sided, pyramidal, rock-cement monument, located near the fog bell, that supports plaques inscribed with names of those lost at sea. Inscriptions were later added for those who were buried at sea, and the list of names soon outgrew the plaques on the small monument, so additional plaques were placed along the adjacent cement retaining wall. On Memorial Day, people gather to remember those whose names are recorded on the plaques, the fog bell was originally rung at the gatherings. Today the bell has been automated to toll at noon of each day in memory of those lost. here to hear the bell toll .<br /><br /><strong>In August of</strong> <strong>1998</strong>, new windows and a new stainless steel dome were installed atop the tower thanks to the efforts of community volunteers and Tom Odom, former mayor of Trinidad.<br /><strong>Spring 2003</strong> Keeper's Log, a local branch of the Yutok tribe has sued the town of Trinidad over ownership of 12 acres of land along the bluff, including the memorial lighthouse grounds. They want the memorial light removed.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnrXWZy-kI/AAAAAAAACAk/LzOI1DC0mEM/s1600-h/Trinida+Head+memorial-10.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380090016254065218" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SqnrXWZy-kI/AAAAAAAACAk/LzOI1DC0mEM/s400/Trinida+Head+memorial-10.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">External links<br /></span></strong>• <a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCA.asp">US Coast Guard Lighthouse webpage</a>.<br />• <a href="http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=78">Lighthouse Friends </a><br />• <a href="http://www.cyberlights.com/lh/calif/cal_index.htm">Cyber Lights</a><br />• <a href="http://www.rudyalicelighthouse.net/">Rudy Alice Lighthouse<br /></a>• <a href="http://www.redwoods.info/showrecord.asp?id=1742">Redwood Info<br /></a>• <a href="http://www.ipl.org/">Internet Public Library<br /></a><br />Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2009Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-18929480612625549602009-08-04T16:27:00.000-07:002009-08-28T16:08:40.007-07:00Table Bluff<div><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div align="left"><strong>Located</strong>: The tower portion is now at the Woodley Island Marina in Eureka. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVOfwDpzlI/AAAAAAAAB8s/1KAa0Ms8ong/s1600-h/Table+Bluff-7.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374288037719690834" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVOfwDpzlI/AAAAAAAAB8s/1KAa0Ms8ong/s400/Table+Bluff-7.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system"><strong>Coordinates </strong>WGS-84 (GPS) 40°41′45.02″N 124°16′26.16″W40.6958</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system">389°N 124.2739333°W</a><br /><strong>Year first lit</strong>: 1892<br /><strong>Automated</strong>: 1953<br /><strong>Deactivated</strong>: 1961<br /><strong>Construction</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood">Wood </a><br /><strong>Tower shape:</strong> Square<br /><strong>Height</strong>: 35 ft<br /><strong>Original lens:</strong> Fourth order <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens">Fresnel lens </a><br /><strong>Current lens</strong>: (removed)<br /><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_Radio_Lighthouse_Society">ARLHS </a>number</strong>: USA-832<br /><strong>Operational</strong>? No<br /><strong>Markings/Pattern</strong>: White<br /><strong>Height of Focal Plane</strong>: 176 ft<br /><strong>Fresnel Lens Disposition:</strong> 4th Order Lens on display at Humbolt Maritime Museum<br /><strong>Fog Signal Type</strong>: Steam Whistle, Air Siren<br /><strong>Number of Stories</strong>: 2<br /><strong>Architectural Style</strong>: Victorian<br /><strong>U.S.C.G. District</strong>: 11</div><div align="left"><br />Directionss: From 101 Highway to 255 North in Eureka. Take the Samoa Bridge to Woodley Island/Marina. Follow Startare Drive to end of the island. The Tower is in the parking lot.<br /><br />The Fresnal Lens is in The <a href="http://www.humboldtbaymaritimemuseum.com/">Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum </a>at 77 Cookhouse Lane, near the Samoa Cookhouse in Samoa, For museum information, call (707) 444-9440. </div><div align="left"><br />It was getting late in the day, I plugged Table Bluff into my GPS and I was on my way back towards Eureka from Trinity Head. Just outside of the town of <a href="http://www.klamathcc.org/">Klamath </a>I came across a derelict house near the roadway. I pulled in and spent a little time taking some pictures of the derelict structure, its amazing how fast nature reclaims her domain once man has abandoned it. </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374888796409470482" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/Spdw4gk2nhI/AAAAAAAAB9k/GGEAkqkexYY/s400/Table+Bluff-1-2.jpg" /><br /><br />Continuing on towards Eureka, I saw a herd of Elk grazing along the side of the highway. I stopped took a few pictures and a small video with my G9. Other motorists where pulling in for their moment of picture taking. For someone who lives in the suburbs such as me this was a wonderful experience. I pulled out unto the road happy that I saw these magnificent animals; they looked so beautiful and graceful with their antlers as they grazed alongside the road. I was no more than 6 ft from the nearest Elk. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374888040246597538" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpdwMfpk16I/AAAAAAAAB9M/1slIbt1-l6U/s400/Table+Bluff-2-2.jpg" /><br /><br />I still had more than 40 miles to travel back to Eureka area and evening was quickly approaching. I was heading towards <a href="http://www.beachcalifornia.com/samoa-california.html">Samoa Island </a>where a museum housed the Lens from Table Bluff Lighthouse. The excitement of this adventure was that I did not know where I was heading or what to expect when I arrived at my destination. This trip was not like my other excursions to lighthouses; I was in another part of the world and it was unfamiliar to me, the people I had met so far were ultra nice. The weather was okay and the roads pretty narrow, but smooth. Sometimes it reminded me of the roads in Ireland.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374287323430628898" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVN2LH3riI/AAAAAAAAB8E/WhrXzGsSUs4/s400/Table+Bluff-2.jpg" /><br />After a long scenic drive, a diversion or two and some misdirection’s by my GPS, I arrived at the <a href="http://www.samoacookhouse.net/">Samoa Cookhouse</a>. I saw the Museum on my left, but it was just closed. I met the curator as he was leaving. He was an elderly gentleman; I could see he was on his way to dinner with a young lady. He was willing to re-open the museum for, but I declined, I said I would drop by on Sunday, he replied it was closed. He went on to tell me how Table Bluff was restored to the Marina, that part of the story is the History section. We where joined by Buffalo Bill, a friend of the curator. I loved his white hair and little goatee that hung from his chin. He looked as he just dismounted from a horse.<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374287193018924546" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVNulTS_gI/AAAAAAAAB78/HH8zyiYplXw/s400/Table+Bluff-1.jpg" /><br /><br />We talked for sometime and the evening dusk fell. Buffalo Bill, shared some stories of Punta Gorda, after he explained the difficulty of getting to it, I contemplated to visit it another time. My leg was throbbing, so I <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374888198266216946" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpdwVsUY4fI/AAAAAAAAB9U/pRkJYs7W6as/s400/Table+Bluff-3-2.jpg" />thought best to have dinner in the Samoa cookhouse and rest the leg. If you are ever in the area, drop in, it’s worth the visit. While waiting I looked around the cookhouse. It was certainly different from any restaurant I had visited. Long tables with plastic red/white checkered table clothes, Lots of artifacts from the loggers. Saws, drill, cooking utensil, every sort of tool you could imagine, and a selection of pictures from the past. I know my brother Eddie would have loved this place.<br /><br /><br /><br />It was one price for the meal, no menu. Soup, Salad, two entrees, dessert and coffee all for $14. I did not eat all of it, I was too full. I was sitting at one of those long wooden tables, long enough for 20 people, and it was draped by a red/white checkered tablecloth. I took out my netbook and posted a message, the young waitress was fascinated by the netbook and inquired how I liked it. She then shared some stories, about school and her young son; it’s amazing what people will tell a stranger, I suppose there is something inside that wants to communicate with the outside world. By the time I finished dinner it was dark<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVN-n178SI/AAAAAAAAB8M/Ov1ud_JIq24/s1600-h/Table+Bluff-3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374287468578992418" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVN-n178SI/AAAAAAAAB8M/Ov1ud_JIq24/s400/Table+Bluff-3.jpg" /></a>I made my way to <a href="http://redwoods.info/showrecord.asp?id=2741">Marina Island/Woodley Island</a> , Woodley Island is the home of Table Bluff Lighthouse, which was relocated to the island in 1987, also on the island is a memorial statue "The Fisherman," by artist Dick Crane. Both Lighthouse and statue commemorate those who have lost their lives at sea. Once on Woodley Island I followed the road until it came to an end. I saw the Lighthouse, it was a square tower severed from its main keepers building. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVOHLm9jtI/AAAAAAAAB8U/DN_xAgVCCAY/s1600-h/Table+Bluff-4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374287615618813650" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVOHLm9jtI/AAAAAAAAB8U/DN_xAgVCCAY/s400/Table+Bluff-4.jpg" /></a>I got a succinct feeling that this lighthouse was not complete, even though it was located in a sheltered harbor. Missing was the keepers building, any fog signals, and the isolation that usually accompanies a lighthouse, and the ruggedness of the area. The scenery here was quaint, nice and very picturesque, a pleasant looking parking lot overlooking the moored boats in their slips; it appeared as if everyone had drifted into the world of dreams and make belief. The time was approximately 10: pm. This was night photography, so I retrieved my tripod from the SUV, no people around so I took my time in setting up and shooting. After an hour or so, I packed up and looked for a hotel. I found the Best western, a step up from the night before. I took some shots to experiment with HDR process. I wonder can you spot the shot.<br /><br />It was around 11:00 pm, when I decided I needed a place to rest. I nearly set up camp in my SUV, but I am getting too old for such stupidity. Got a room at the Best Western, not too bad; it had a good feeling about it. Once settled in my room, I had a glass of wine, I reviewed some of the pictures I shot and made plans for tomorrow’s lighthouses. I had to revisit to Table Bluff and take some day time shots, from there to Trinity head, ending the Tour at Cape Mendocino and finally homeward bound.<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 401px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 263px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374287754098711826" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVOPPfJHRI/AAAAAAAAB8c/VX_ptlyxanI/s400/Table+Bluff-5.jpg" /><br />.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2I4mAU6oX0-jRRBM3syFHuNnEVNlOK2xavrbkKmPXBtiDrRlPb8xh0wBSik5N-9pQmMwtIeZ7AQjncJC__WXMnfKc3EYXjw5G60pA8AM97jcT64mQ3G_K4m7M-NHNeRNrOrcOKn10Vg/s1600-h/Table+Bluff-4-2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374888373806780530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2I4mAU6oX0-jRRBM3syFHuNnEVNlOK2xavrbkKmPXBtiDrRlPb8xh0wBSik5N-9pQmMwtIeZ7AQjncJC__WXMnfKc3EYXjw5G60pA8AM97jcT64mQ3G_K4m7M-NHNeRNrOrcOKn10Vg/s400/Table+Bluff-4-2.jpg" /></a> I arose around 9:00 am, had a continental breakfast and headed over to the Marina. I am glad that I did some nice views on the Marina during the day and the clouds started to roll back. This was a lot different from yesterday, daylight versus nightlight. At night it was overwhelming tungsten, where as today it’s the blueness of daylight, at least I have the photographs from both shoots. I wish I could spend more time here, but its not practical, I have to work and make some money to do this. But at least I got to spend some daylight hours around Table Bluff, and you know it was tranquil and serene,<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374288452235559250" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVO34P8AVI/AAAAAAAAB9E/-ysuzsJoSD0/s400/Table+Bluff-10.jpg" /><br />lovely area to visit, touristy. I did not spend much time, looking at old town just noticing the renovation, shops and people. I got to the pier and met a fellow photographer; he was waiting for some Pelicans to fly by. I got a few shots of Table Bluff, but not from the angle I wanted. So now it was unto the next Lighthouse Trinity Head Memorial.<br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">History</span></strong></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>1850's</strong>the area became an entry point for miners searching for California gold, the Bay is the largest Harbor in Northern California. It was one of the first eight west coast lighthouses chosen by the Lighthouse board. Lighthouse Board selected a site, near the entrance to the bay; it was on a sandy northern spit where it could be utilized as a coastal and harbor light. The area was prone to flooding and often hidden by fog. </div><br /><div align="left"><br /><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAV1XlVsfL12ZCm0KU7qzoBdlmHxileUM3jNtKQqMRIHgO_RIJh8qdAFTxHaRX559ReFPqlTlgbA-Yv4wAqMuFuZEE4B5YHV1wmbd0rEhYR0Ma9T08H9Iz0CbpmFVHfGD-TXpGyu6zng/s1600-h/Table+Bluff-6.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374287911272340770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAV1XlVsfL12ZCm0KU7qzoBdlmHxileUM3jNtKQqMRIHgO_RIJh8qdAFTxHaRX559ReFPqlTlgbA-Yv4wAqMuFuZEE4B5YHV1wmbd0rEhYR0Ma9T08H9Iz0CbpmFVHfGD-TXpGyu6zng/s400/Table+Bluff-6.jpg" /></a>1856</strong>, The Humboldt Bay North Spit Lighthouse was completed at the cost of $15,000 the lighthouse was finished and its beacon shone. The Light station was constructed as a single story building with a tower through its center of the roof. This tower was elevated later to improve visibility. A 4th order Fresnel lens was housed in the tower. The Humboldt Bay North Spit Lighthouse had for many years been criticized as being too low<br /><strong>1867</strong>, 1867, the lighthouse Board suggested that the lighthouse be moved to the 165ft high Table Bluff, four miles south of the bay’s entrance. From that prominence, the light would be able to serve seafarers entering both Humboldt Bay and Eel River, situated just south of the bluff<br /><strong>1874</strong>, A steam whistle was added.<br /><strong>1885</strong>, after a few earthquakes, and being flooded by a high tide the Humboldt , and 20ft waves Harbor Lighthouse was deemed uninhabitable<br /><strong>1891</strong>, Money was allocated for the new station on Table Bluff. The owner of the wanted $5,000 for about 10 acres of land and retain the right of way for the road to the light station and access to a nearby spring. The Board thought the price was exorbitant and set about condemnation proceedings. The next year, the owner of the land gave in and sold the land for $2,226.<br /><strong>1892</strong>, 1892, the Lighthouse Service built a light station on Table Bluff, a headland to the south of Humboldt Bay, which had view of the Humboldt Bay. The station had duplex Victorian keeper’s quarters, a fog-signal building, and assistant keeper’s quarters with a 35 ft square light tower attached. The fixed, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens">4th Order Fresnel lens </a>was taken from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_Harbor_Light">Humboldt Harbor </a>Light and placed in the light tower (The focal plane of the light was placed at 187 ft and an improved visibility to 20 miles. ), two wash houses, an oil house and a carpenter shop behind the main building. The keeper’s quarters were made of a redwood Italianate-stick Victorian, and the structure was similar to the structure at San Luis Obispo. October 31, 1892, lens the Humboldt Harbor Lighthouse was activated on Table Bluff by keeper Tony Schmoll.<br /><strong>1906</strong>, , the Navy established a radio station on the property and during World War II the station was expanded to include lodging for mounted beach patrols, a coastal lookout post, and a radio compass station. During the war and immediately afterwards most of the original buildings were razed along with some of the newer structures. The quarter’s portion of the lighthouse was razed leaving only the tower. This and the fog signal building were all that remained of the original buildings.<br /><strong>1911</strong>, the fixed Fresnel lens was replaced with a revolving one. Thus changing the lights attribute from fixed-white to flashing-white.<br /></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>1922</strong>, 1922, Keeper Stephen Pozanac was relocated from Ano Nuevo to Table Bluff with his wife. While he served at Fort Barry in Marin County during WW I he was impressed the keeper’s lifestyle, that he became one at the end of the war.He knew the lighthouse keepers at Point Bonita w While on a ferryboat in San Francisco, Pozanac met his future wife Minie Diflivson, daughter of Peter Diflivson, keeper of Lime Point Lighthouse. Apparently Pozanac was also impressed by the daughters of lighthouses keepers as he asked Minie to be his wife.<br />The Pozanacs supplemented their keeper’s income by using part of the expansive lighthouse reservation to raise large quantities of chickens and vegetables. Soon, they were not only supplying eggs, fryers and produce for the station, but also for a number of grocery stores in Eureka. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374288204964342802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVOpfF4rBI/AAAAAAAAB80/E2Srdma0wMw/s400/Table+Bluff-8.jpg" /><br />One night, Pozanac was making his way to his post in the fog signal building to stand watch when a strong tremor struck the station. The earthquake toppled the tall chimney on the fog signal building and sent it crashing through the roof. The pile of bricks landed right where Pozanac would have likely been standing watch had he reached the building. The fortunate Pozanac remained at Table Bluff until 1938, when he was transferred to Ballast Point Lighthouse, a twin of the Table Bluff Lighthouse.<br /></div><div align="left"><strong>1934-48</strong>, during World War II, the military used Table Bluff as a coastal lookout and a radio station. A large <a href="http://www.lighthousefriends.com/tablebluff8_2005.jpg">barracks </a>was built along with six quarters for married men. The Military patrolled on Horseback the coast between the Eel River and Humboldt Bay. After the war ended, only the keepers were left at the station. Their was an excess of housing, and the Coast Guard decided to demolish the Victorian dwelling and the assistant keepers duplex of the lighthouse in favor of the more modern military quarters. The separated square wooden tower had to be stabilized by cables<br /><br /><strong>1953</strong>,A modern optic was installed in the tower, and the Fresnel lens was shipped to San Diego to be displayed in the Old Point Loma Light which is a museum operated by the National Park Service, a fixed 3 1/2 order lens installed.. The fog signal was discontinued the same year and the station automated.<br /><br /><strong>1975</strong> 1975 the light was discontinued and the property transferred to GSA and sold. The 3 1/2 order lens was shipped to the Smithsonian.<br /><br /><strong>1987</strong>, 1987, The lighthouse tower was cut in two and moved to Woodley Island Marina in Eureka, thanks to a local resident named Ray Glavich. The cupola from the original light on the north spit was found at Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay. It was restored and is now on display with the 4th order Fresnel lens at the Humboldt Bay Museum in Samoa.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVOwPWkrBI/AAAAAAAAB88/8TVdKUpsM-M/s1600-h/Table+Bluff-9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374288320998452242" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SpVOwPWkrBI/AAAAAAAAB88/8TVdKUpsM-M/s400/Table+Bluff-9.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">References</span></strong><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">1. <strong><em>California Lighthouses</em></strong>, Roberts and Jones p. 16.<br />2. <strong><em>Lighthouses and Lifeboats of the Redwood Coast</em></strong>, Ralph Shanks, 1978.<br />3. <strong><em>Lighthouses of the Pacific</em></strong>, Jim Gibbs, 1986.<br />4. <strong><em>The Keeper's Log</em></strong> Spring, Summer 2003.<br />5. <strong><em>Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses</em></strong>, Sharlene and Ted Nelson, 1993.<br /><br />• <a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCA.asp">US Coast Guard Lighthouse webpage</a>.<br /><br />Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2009</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-76700473852896470272009-08-04T15:41:00.000-07:002009-08-21T23:42:33.764-07:00ST. GEORGE REEF LIGHT<div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Q6zkDf8I/AAAAAAAAB5o/YePiOHbWcSA/s1600-h/St+George-8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372672220424536002" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Q6zkDf8I/AAAAAAAAB5o/YePiOHbWcSA/s400/St+George-8.jpg" /></a><br /><div><strong>Location:</strong> Six miles off Point St. George<br /><strong>Coordinates:</strong> WGS-84 (GPS) 41°50′11″N 124°22′33″W41.83633°N 124.37587°W<br /><strong>Year first constructed:</strong> 1891<br /><strong>Year first lit:</strong> 1892<br /><strong>Deactivated:</strong> 1975<br /><strong>Foundation:</strong> Elliptical concrete granite<br /><strong>Construction:</strong> Granite blocks<br /><strong>Tower shape:</strong> Square<br /><strong>Markings/Pattern:</strong> White with black lantern<br /><strong>Height:</strong> 90 ft<br /><strong>Focal Height</strong>: 144 ft<br /><strong>Original lens:</strong> First Order Fresnel lens, 1892 (Removed in 1983)<br /><strong>Admiralty number:</strong> G4418<br /><strong>ARLHS number: </strong>USA-793<br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Qnq3Mb0I/AAAAAAAAB5Q/G6pdUO0GXi0/s1600-h/St+George-5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372671891671379778" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Qnq3Mb0I/AAAAAAAAB5Q/G6pdUO0GXi0/s400/St+George-5.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><strong>The Journey</strong></div><strong><br /><div align="left"><br /></strong>On the next leg of my journey, from Battery Point, I set off to find St Georges Reef. I knew this lighthouse was somewhere offshore near Cresent City, but I did not know how far offshore. I made my way up town and found a star bucks, as of yet I had no real breakfast. Pulled out my netbook and headed in for a cup of coffee. I was amazed at all the hi-techies that where in the coffee shop. Cell phones, blue tooth, laptops and old and young talking geek. Facebook was on everyone’s lips. You had to be there to sense the eeriness of this. I am all the way up in the mountains, way out in middle of the boonies and at the same time, stuck in the hi–tech world of computers. It looks as I came out of the dark ages.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3MPp9F6IfpVVhLRpJWMa71-qNhyphenhyphenzet8_34EmMz-DqKhNKhyE-S8h7wuaW-NssxV8WVA-KWMNdZCk9BijIrUYC9VVdySewR3bQOkufaru7Ie3dL8DRsufy-40RW9S1jsy_wj-lMAvL2Y/s1600-h/St+George-6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372672210639826290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3MPp9F6IfpVVhLRpJWMa71-qNhyphenhyphenzet8_34EmMz-DqKhNKhyE-S8h7wuaW-NssxV8WVA-KWMNdZCk9BijIrUYC9VVdySewR3bQOkufaru7Ie3dL8DRsufy-40RW9S1jsy_wj-lMAvL2Y/s400/St+George-6.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I grab my coffee and scone, sit down, plug in my netbook. Post a few pictures and some anecdotal on facebook. I take my time, just get my bearings and see which direction I am going in. This time my GPS takes the address, and it seems that I am heading in the opposite direction, no problem just turn around. Just before I leave, I observe a mom, her dad and her daughter, mom is frustrated with facebook as a service, daughter around 10 is correcting her and dad is nodding along. He is advising to use her berry to post, he likes twitter. The husband comes along, he is carrying her laptop, and his side holder is loaded with a blackberry which attached to his blue tooth ear piece, someone shouting that their iphone is not working. I think its time to go.<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Q6d2-tXI/AAAAAAAAB5g/adfPDnIrQyg/s1600-h/St+George-7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372672214598333810" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Q6d2-tXI/AAAAAAAAB5g/adfPDnIrQyg/s400/St+George-7.jpg" /></a><br /><br />In the parking lot I shoot a few pictures and head on my way. I directed towards the coast and backwards, I pass a small airport. I get a strong sense that I am not too far from Battery Point. I see the coast and progress along a narrow road. I come to main parking lot, with some buildings and a radio tower. Off load my cameras. Bring my 400mm with a 2.0 extender. I get to the beach, and I don’t see the lighthouse. I watch some people pick shells, and a couple of surfers catch a couple of waves. I was a little disappointed that I did not even see the lighthouse. I looked again, and on the horizon, I could barely make out the shape. The fog had lightened a little. So I searched for a spot where I could perch my body and my lens. I laid myself on the ground hoping I could find a stable spot for the lens. </div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-QnfGaJQI/AAAAAAAAB5I/Hb1wzb0j_ik/s1600-h/St+George-4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372671888513967362" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-QnfGaJQI/AAAAAAAAB5I/Hb1wzb0j_ik/s400/St+George-4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="left"><br />I found a spot that I could focus, way out there, at least a mile. I could hit the rock with my focus, use a fstop of around 11 and hope what ever I get would come out. I was not looking for a perfect picture just something. I stayed for about an hour and watched as the fog got denser. I packed up and headed back to my car. I decided to use my 120 and take shots of the area, the buildings reminded me of a light station keepers house. And the radio tower of the LAMP system. I got back to my car and finished off my coffee. Then I saw the lighthouse pop out from the fog. I rushed to get my camera and lens. Took a few from the hood of my car. Headed back across the fields to an area where I had a better view. Used a gorilla pod as a tripod. Put my camera in a Mirror lockup and a 10 sec timer. Made sure I had enough exposure, then ever so gingerly made a composition and took some pictures. I knew I would not have the detail or color, but I could turn this into something of an abstract form. Definitely produce this picture as a black and white with grain.<br />I was content as I left, I know I will be back and I will find a way to get closer. </div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Qm7tDnzI/AAAAAAAAB5A/R5zoT00xeoI/s1600-h/St+George-3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372671879012392754" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Qm7tDnzI/AAAAAAAAB5A/R5zoT00xeoI/s400/St+George-3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /></div><strong></strong><br /><div align="center"><strong>History</strong></div><strong><br /><div align="left"><br /></strong>The history of this lighthouse is closely tied to the lighthouse at Battery Point. Because Battery Point was not able to provide enough coverage and adequately guide the ships through the treacherous reefs to the harbor, St George Reef Lighthouse was built. 6 miles offshore, this sentinel was hit by ocean waves on all sides. Sometimes the waves totally encompassed the light, its bright beacon and fog signal echoed warnings to nearby vessels of the treacherous rocks and reefs on the coastline. After the destruction of the <em>Brother Jonathan</em> in <strong>1865</strong> and the loss of 215 souls, and public outcry spurred the lighthouse board to take action, <strong>1875</strong> the board planned to build at Point St George, <strong>1881</strong> the light’s location was selected, it was Seal Rock off Point St George; The area was initially name <em>Dragon Rocks</em> by an Englishman George Vancouver, later to be renamed St George Reef (St George was a dragon slayer) , the area had a history of serious maritime accidents. <strong>1882</strong>, The first complete survey of the rock was done, however, this site, presented many challenges to its construction, continuously being battered by stormy waves, this gave rise to dangerous conditions for construction, and for duties of light keepers. Several construction workers died, and many of the light keepers resigned or looked for transfers, due to the intense isolation others suffered nervous breakdowns. <strong>1883</strong>, M.A. Ballantyne, was hired as the engineer, and upon a small rugged rock of 300 ft in diameter, construction was started, with the blasting of the rock into a stepped pyramid to form the core that anchored the caisson to the rock. The foundation of the tower and the tower itself is made from solid blocks of concrete and granite. Mad River near Humboldt Bay provided the granite boulders for the stone, an estimated 1339 granite blocks were cut. A cable with attached cage was rigged between the schooner <em>LaNinfa</em> and the rocks. This served as a means of transporting workers to the rock - and quickly back again in the event of an impending storm. The enormous stone foundation – formed a pier 60ft high built of cut rocks each weighing about six tons. The pier was home to an engine room, coal house, and cistern. Due to lack of funds, Construction was on and off for several years. Work continued, but slowly and at great cost. The initial surveyors were only able access the rocks three times in four weeks due to the severe weather at the reef. First $100,000 was allocated, but work was suspended after <strong>1885</strong>, when funding to dry up. The first estimate for the project of $330,000 was grossly under estimated. <strong>1884</strong> it received only $30,000 and about the same in <strong>1885</strong>. <strong>1887</strong> $120,000 was appropriated and work was able to proceed at a faster pace.<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Ql1fXwxI/AAAAAAAAB4w/ycJm1Aq4he0/s1600-h/St+George-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372671860164510482" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Ql1fXwxI/AAAAAAAAB4w/ycJm1Aq4he0/s400/St+George-1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>1891</strong>, the building was completed. The Light station was a medieval like fortress with the light tower on top of a 50-ft high foundation. 100yrs years after being named the<em> Dragon Rocks</em>, St. George had finally arrived to slay the Dragon.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Oct 20th</strong> <strong>1892</strong>, when the 8ft 1st order Fresnel lens arrived from France, its Beacon was first lit. Proudly it stood 144 ft above sea shining brightly out to sea, flashing alternating red and white. Manned by a crew of six, A 1,000,000 candlepower lamp, and a two-tone diaphone fog signal and in later days a marker radio beacon, was her armament against disaster to shipping. The final price tag was $752,000, this was the most costly lighthouse built in the US. The lighthouse was supplied by boat and it was hooked to a large boom, which lifted it to a boat deck at the base of the caisson. Waves routinely crested over the top deck of the caisson, <strong>1923</strong>, huge seawall broke on the platform, 70ft above water, with power as to dislodge the donkey engine house from its foundation, and in <strong>1952</strong> storm waves smashed the windows in the tower which housed the lantern and the seawater came pouring down the staircase. Lighthouse duty at the St George light station was hazardous and light keepers families were not allowed. The tower was foreboding, frosty and unwelcoming. Violent Storms was the norm, and light keepers were on a rotational shift – on and off for several weeks at a time. Only when the weather was calm did relief arrive, they could be trapped on the rock for long periods. The harsh surroundings stressed the associations of the friendliest keepers, in <strong>1937</strong> for stranded for 59 days, keepers who had been friends for many a year, would no longer communicate with each another, even when eating.<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Q7BliJGI/AAAAAAAAB5w/OKdsJFA4yJE/s1600-h/St+George-9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372672224188834914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Q7BliJGI/AAAAAAAAB5w/OKdsJFA4yJE/s400/St+George-9.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Several died while acting as light keeper at the station, George Roux died of exhaustion after trying to reach the light station by boat. <strong>1893</strong>, another keeper died. <strong>1951</strong>, while the station boat was being lowered a wave struck, and the boat broke from its moorings and dropped the men into the water. Three men died in the accident.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Q7rPBRuI/AAAAAAAAB54/zwrh7blAOSQ/s1600-h/St+George-10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372672235368695522" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-Q7rPBRuI/AAAAAAAAB54/zwrh7blAOSQ/s400/St+George-10.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>1975</strong>, the light station decommissioned; in its place was a large navigational floating buoy. <strong>1983</strong>, Fresnel lens was moved to the Del Norte County Historical Museum in Crescent City. <strong>1996</strong>, the St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society took over the lighthouse and is performing ongoing restoration.<br /><strong>Oct 19th,</strong> <strong>2002</strong>, the lighthouse was relit as a private aid to navigation. In honor of his late wife colleen, Glenn Williamson donated the optic. <strong>2006</strong>, the society is continuing restoration work. The challenge is enormous. Worker are shuttled by helicopter to the rock, their tasks includes painting, plastering, restoration of railings, staircases, windows, shutters, plumbing and power..<br />The lighthouse is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and was commemorated on a USPS postage stamp in <strong>2007</strong>.<br /></div><strong></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4TFmntQoVGl4ryWiMw3_1g5obEWVbE0YloNeSa4zZN6rPB_N9-gxMcKfMNgK4TN0UE0yJSgX6XNT_HeW2ngsJZhNxEwbiKvJXhgz_RBMkZ6909igoIJPI53PdXVPXT53mDD69Wjltw4/s1600-h/St+George-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372671871065761442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4TFmntQoVGl4ryWiMw3_1g5obEWVbE0YloNeSa4zZN6rPB_N9-gxMcKfMNgK4TN0UE0yJSgX6XNT_HeW2ngsJZhNxEwbiKvJXhgz_RBMkZ6909igoIJPI53PdXVPXT53mDD69Wjltw4/s400/St+George-2.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>References</strong> </span></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><br />California Lighthouses, Roberts, Jones, pp. 9-11<br />Legendary Lighthouses, Grant, Jones, vol. I. pp. 109-110<br />America's Lighthouses - An Illustrated History, Holland, pp. 171-172<br />Umbrella Guide to California Lighthouses, Nelson [2nd ed.] pp. 169-172<br />Battery Point and St. George Reef Webber pp. 63-83<br />The Keeper's Log Winter 2003, Fall 2003, Winter 2006<br />Lighthouse Digest January/February 2006<br /></div><br /><div align="left"><strong>links</strong></div><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-RC3RdULI/AAAAAAAAB6A/L2Bgdo0iu-w/s1600-h/St+George-11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372672358859231410" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/So-RC3RdULI/AAAAAAAAB6A/L2Bgdo0iu-w/s400/St+George-11.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://stgeorgereeflighthouse.us/">St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society</a><br /><a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/stgeo.htm">National Park Service — Inventory of Historic Light Stations California Lighthouses – St. George Reef Light</a><br /><a href="http://www.delnortehistory.org/">Del Norte County Historical Society</a><a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/designs_for_democracy/grand_plans_for_a_growing_nation/articles/seal_rock_lighthouse.html">National Archives and Records Administration (building plans for St. George Reef Lighthouse)</a><br /><a href="http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=26">St. George Reef Lighthouse at Lighthouse Friends</a><br /><a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCA.asp">US Coast Guard Lighthouse webpage.</a><br /><a href="http://www.rudyalicelighthouse.net/CalLts/StGeorge/StGeorge.htm">Rudyalicelighthouse.net</a><br /><br /><br />Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2009</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466949405624158547.post-58152859016309612252009-08-03T14:10:00.000-07:002009-08-06T23:42:43.251-07:00Battery Point<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFtUaYpDyVe8qvo7FKWQXjHbwCfeX5hlHYW3A-HKiVwP2a2l78rf2SzxPUi1hS3FrOIe94o0lsOKJtCGwVgU20tIJ0EptW2FFTBtG-hL6AXA5egYq-vt0_ScM74mBRmOZ3F4YKsWTL5c/s1600-h/Battery+Point-5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367101101408111090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFtUaYpDyVe8qvo7FKWQXjHbwCfeX5hlHYW3A-HKiVwP2a2l78rf2SzxPUi1hS3FrOIe94o0lsOKJtCGwVgU20tIJ0EptW2FFTBtG-hL6AXA5egYq-vt0_ScM74mBRmOZ3F4YKsWTL5c/s400/Battery+Point-5.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>Battery Point Light</strong><br />Location: Crescent City, California<br />Coordinates: WGS-84 (GPS) 41°44′38″N 124°12′12″W41.744°N 124.2032°W<br />Year first lit: 1856<br />Automated: 1953<br />Deactivated: 1965-1982<br />Foundation: Natural Emplaced<br />Construction: Brick TOWER/GRANITE HOUSE/ STONE<br />Tower shape: white cylindrical brick tower on square granite house<br />Height: 45 ft<br />Original lens: Fourth order Fresnel lens 1856<br />Characteristic: white flash every 30 s.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvF_XDKncI/AAAAAAAABzM/emlphLMOf2g/s1600-h/Battery+Point-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367101073251802562" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvF_XDKncI/AAAAAAAABzM/emlphLMOf2g/s400/Battery+Point-1.jpg" /></a><br />Content is copyright by Ocairdestudio 2009<br /><br />Admiralty number: G4417.5<br />ARLHS number: USA-043<br />USCG number: 6-0555<br />Present Optic: FIFTH ORDER DRUMM, FRESNEL<br />Height of Focal Plane: 77<br />Existing Sound Signal Building? NO<br />Architectural Style: CAPE COD INTEGRAL<br />Other Structures: CARPENTER SHOP, STORAGE BUILDING (LEAN TO ATTACHED TO LIGHTHOUSE), 4 WATERTANKS (1904), OIL HOUSE (1880)<br />Open to the Public? YES<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvF_zXNGAI/AAAAAAAABzc/kJLVta1knQs/s1600-h/Battery+Point-3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367101080852043778" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvF_zXNGAI/AAAAAAAABzc/kJLVta1knQs/s400/Battery+Point-3.jpg" /></a><br /><br />This was one of my longer expeditions, about 400 miles north. (Sometimes I think I am a little crazy, driving all this way north, not knowing if the weather is going to be good or if I am going to get a good view of the lighthouses). I printed out the directions to several of the lighthouses in the area, the primary lighthouse being Battery Point in Crescent City. I asked my brother Eddie and my wife if they wanted to come. But the response was not enthusiastic. More and more if I have discovered if I want complete this project, I must be willing to push myself and be willing to go it alone.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvGASG1AbI/AAAAAAAABzk/VA5FSX8W2ck/s1600-h/Battery+Point-4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367101089104855474" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvGASG1AbI/AAAAAAAABzk/VA5FSX8W2ck/s400/Battery+Point-4.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I filled my car at Safeway, got a 50 cent discount on my gas. Picked up a ham & cheese sandwich, jalapeño poppers and some wedge fries and a couple of bottles of wine. I was preparing to chill out. I also had my new Hp netbook with dsl connectivity with me. Plugged my iPod into my aux input of my radio and I was on my way. Playlist was set to random. Something of a bit of side note tried to plug crescent city into my gps and got nothing so I programmed it for eureka instead. Off I set on this long Journey, listening to some great music and not much of a care in the world.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvGeK751GI/AAAAAAAABz0/3tHrV8qACpA/s1600-h/Battery+Point-6.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367101602576061538" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvGeK751GI/AAAAAAAABz0/3tHrV8qACpA/s400/Battery+Point-6.jpg" /></a><br /><br />When I left it was around 4:00 pm on a Friday, I had just discovered that everyone was going to a Party for my sons Birthday on Saturday, and I was heading into the mountains. I felt a little bad about skipping the party, but he is a grown man and we already went out as a family for dinner during the week to celebrate his birthday. The traffic was not too bad, a few backups in the usual areas. As soon as I got out of the bay area and past Petaluma, the scenery started to change. The trees and the mountains became more prominent and I began to feel my whole system relax. The lighthouse adventure is a great way to free myself from the confines of the city. It’s like a weight gets lifted from my soul.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvGelI114I/AAAAAAAABz8/Nzh7akNS_yw/s1600-h/Battery+Point-7.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367101609609648002" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvGelI114I/AAAAAAAABz8/Nzh7akNS_yw/s400/Battery+Point-7.jpg" /></a><br /><br />After a long drive, a few munchies, coffee and 18000 songs, it’s around 10:00 pm when I arrive in Eureka. Dusk has past, the light faded and darkness fallen upon the city as I enter. Tungsten lights beam unto the road, and headlights of oncoming pickup truck blind me and I squint my eyes to make out what the fluorescent lights are saying. Not sure where I am or what accommodations I may find. I decided to take the first place I could find. To my right I see a sign for a motel, $65 for the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYtZs9TeF0JER020dOzwYXDVKH8QiZFnoMlF-0ZrsuviRLOjbPvrJk1MSGK9bhud2GQ0CA55laXwISrV9FwSsoQJjD6j08wQ3yM0nGH-IrMGgzJQXupiGi43qHym93L5uxTuJEFGp8pE/s1600-h/Battery+Point-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367101079505106322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYtZs9TeF0JER020dOzwYXDVKH8QiZFnoMlF-0ZrsuviRLOjbPvrJk1MSGK9bhud2GQ0CA55laXwISrV9FwSsoQJjD6j08wQ3yM0nGH-IrMGgzJQXupiGi43qHym93L5uxTuJEFGp8pE/s400/Battery+Point-2.jpg" /></a>night, well its just one night. I pull into the driveway and park, as I entered the foyer and I was greeted by a grumpy old lady, who waddled her way out from a dinghy office with a black and white TV with rabbit ears. I signed the register and gave her my credit card, she charged me $75, I assume the extra was for tax. I was tired so I said nothing. Got to my room and as I unloaded my bags and gear, a few bikers arrived and headed into the room next to mine. Soon I was to find that my walls are paper thin. Made for an interesting night? I got out my netbook, made a dsl connection and I was on the net. Made a few posts to twitter, and uploaded pictures to facebook. It was cool to stay connected to internet world way out here. Sat back and drank a few glasses of wine and ate portion of my ham sandwich. One of the pictures I posted was of me in this cheap motel with a glass of wine in my hand, a self portrait.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvGe6cOWnI/AAAAAAAAB0E/Db1KWjLaYOE/s1600-h/Battery+Point-8.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367101615328090738" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvGe6cOWnI/AAAAAAAAB0E/Db1KWjLaYOE/s400/Battery+Point-8.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The following morning I headed off around 8:30 am. It was about another 60 miles north to Crescent city. The air was fresh as was the day. The sky was a little overcast and grey. I was hoping the fog would burn off by the time I’d get to Crescent City. But, I have learned take what you can get. Up here you are in Gods Country, and what is lacking from civilization is made up for by nature. I arrived around 10:00 am. It was at a small harbor in Crescent city that I first noticed Battery Point Lighthouse. It reminded me of East Brothers in San Pablo bay, The Island like isolation. I pulled in the harbor parking lot and pulled out my camera and headed around the harbor taking shots of the lighthouse and the surrounding area. I loved the rustic of the coffee shops and pier cafes, also the ruggedness of those going fishing. The morning was soft and fresh, you could feel the dew of the morning, and I needed warm clothes to remain comfortable. I did not spend a lot of time at the harbor as I wanted to get to lighthouse itself. But I should learn to go more slowly. It was wonderful and peaceful to watch the fishermen entering and leaving the small port. I was able to grab a few picturesque shots of the lighthouse with some boats. I finally made my way over to the lighthouse.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvGfNSwj5I/AAAAAAAAB0M/mWjk2kWaA9c/s1600-h/Battery+Point-9.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367101620388663186" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvGfNSwj5I/AAAAAAAAB0M/mWjk2kWaA9c/s400/Battery+Point-9.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I made way out across the rocks to the lighthouse. The lighthouse has a paid guided tour for visitors, docents request that you don’t take pictures of the interior of the lighthouse, I am not sure why. But I honored their request. Many of the rooms are restored to their original condition and much of the antique furnishings have been donated by the locals. The people who volunteer are well versed in their history of the lighthouse and its relationship with the area, as you go from one room to another and finally to the tower itself where you have a fully functional lens, the sense of history is bestowed upon you. Each docent will tell you about the outhouse which has been washed away, and some say that a keeper or his assistant was washed away. In the upstairs bedroom, a chair sits, in which a ghost story is attached to. The walls are easily 2ft thick, and each of the bedrooms has their own fireplace. Today, the lighthouse is manned by volunteer keepers. These are people who volunteer and give up a month of their time to man the lighthouse. I spent some time making my way around the grounds; found that this lighthouse did not have a fog signal it was built away from the lighthouse. Also I had to leave early as the tide was coming in and I could be stuck on island. Some nice carvings near the entrance of the lighthouse.<br /><br />Made my way back later in the evening to get a few more photographs.<br /><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvHISJSrTI/AAAAAAAAB08/M6P-p_3aRLk/s1600-h/Battery+Point-16.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367102326065769778" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvHISJSrTI/AAAAAAAAB08/M6P-p_3aRLk/s400/Battery+Point-16.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">History<br /></span></strong>California’s seashore holds some of the world’s most gorgeous coastline, from San Diego to Crescent City, but it is full with serrated rocks, sandy beaches and lofty cliffs. Seafaring sailors have relied on the beacons of light to steer them along the capricious shoreline of California, principally in places where rivers fill the ocean bottom with sand and where volcanic eruptions has raised basaltic rock to the surface. For ships navigating near Crescent City, there is much danger to be avoided, with the help of a bright sentinel.<br />.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmDpmp5i5DSMCtu8P_YEYuZ5H0Y6PEUDg_vfyzH0RUvrTneiSm9h769I9QucCyZ72jU1BOfbwjbAvDmTXGvSyoPVACi5QH-BW9VERVKnVs0esaymlyq_dT8IqSO0omTmORMM8GuM-3Eo/s1600-h/Battery+Point-10.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367101626183682994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmDpmp5i5DSMCtu8P_YEYuZ5H0Y6PEUDg_vfyzH0RUvrTneiSm9h769I9QucCyZ72jU1BOfbwjbAvDmTXGvSyoPVACi5QH-BW9VERVKnVs0esaymlyq_dT8IqSO0omTmORMM8GuM-3Eo/s400/Battery+Point-10.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Crescent City lies between the Columbia River and San Francisco Bay.Commercial Shipping was of prime importance for the economic survival of this region. It is host to a large flotilla of commercial vessels and fishing boats, this was due to the isolation caused by rugged mountains and rivers with no bridges. After several shipwrecks at the nearby St. George’s Reef and due to increasing traffic approaching the harbor, the Lighthouse Board commissioned the building of a beacon at Battery Point was one of the early lighthouses on the California coast.<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvG4MC5eoI/AAAAAAAAB0c/cmWPMcROhdA/s1600-h/Battery+Point-12.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367102049550432898" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvG4MC5eoI/AAAAAAAAB0c/cmWPMcROhdA/s400/Battery+Point-12.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />In <strong>1855</strong>, Congress appropriated $15,000 for the construction of a lighthouse on the tiny islet, which is connected to Battery Point by a narrow strip of land at low tide. It was not one of the original 8 west coast lighthouses included in the <strong>1852</strong> lighthouse contract by the United States Lighthouse Service, it's oil lamps was lit ten days before the last ot the original 8 became operational, Humboldt Harbor Lighthouse, being the last. The fourth-order Fresnel lens was lit in December <strong>1856</strong>. Still Mariners complained that the harbor was too dangerous to maneuver at night., ships where forced to remain at sea to avoid the treacherous St. George Reef, six miles offshore. When SS Brother Jonathan lost 200 souls in the shipwreck at Northwest Seal Rock on July 30, 1865, the light board had all the impetus it needed to build another lighthouse. When planning the building of the St. George’s Reef Lighthouse in <strong>1875</strong>, it was under consideration the closing of Battery Point to avoid redundancy. Until <strong>1936</strong>, the U.S. Lighthouse Service was in charge of the light station. The lighthouse was automated in <strong>1953</strong>, and a modern 375mm lens replaced the fourth-order Fresnel lens.<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvG5Fhkl7I/AAAAAAAAB0k/HIZJaCIHq9I/s1600-h/Battery+Point-14.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367102064979908530" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvG5Fhkl7I/AAAAAAAAB0k/HIZJaCIHq9I/s400/Battery+Point-14.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Mr. Van Court, was the first keeper, he was temporary until the official Light keeper arrived. Theophilis Magruder took his post on Christmas day, he was the first official lighthouse keeper. His issue of supplies, included two curtains for the lantern and twelve brass rings (to protect the lens from sunlight), lantern rouge and applicator brush (for polishing the lens), scissors (to trim the wick), a wolfs head brush (for cleaning), a hand-held lantern, and various other housekeeping and bookkeeping items usually issued to the first keeper at a new lighthouse. Magruder was hired at $1,000 per year, but the Lighthouse Board reduced his salary to $600 before the end of the year. With only a short residence under his belt, Magruder resigned. Wayne Piland was its last light keeper before automation in <strong>1953</strong>.<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvG5lF4uSI/AAAAAAAAB00/5xuZ3Ft-VKQ/s1600-h/Battery+Point-15.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367102073453721890" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvG5lF4uSI/AAAAAAAAB00/5xuZ3Ft-VKQ/s400/Battery+Point-15.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />In <strong>1964</strong>, the strongest earthquake ever recorded in the northern hemisphere with a moment magnitude of 9.2, causing a tsunami. The lighthouse survived, but the following year, the modern beacon that replaced the Fresnel lens in the tower was switched off, and a flashing light at the end of the nearby breakwater served as the harbor's navigational aid. In <strong>1982</strong>, the light in the lighthouse tower was lit again, and the Battery Point Lighthouse was listed as a private aid to navigation.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvHIlDFPGI/AAAAAAAAB1E/-zFPP5c6twE/s1600-h/Battery+Point-17.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367102331139996770" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u3ZKhDiR1I0/SnvHIlDFPGI/AAAAAAAAB1E/-zFPP5c6twE/s400/Battery+Point-17.jpg" /></a><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1