Pigeon Point Lighthouse Detail 1

by Linda Brody

Title

Pigeon Point Lighthouse Detail 1

Artist

Linda Brody

Medium

Painting - Watercolor

Description

Pigeon Point Lighthouse Detail 1.

Based on my original watercolor painting, "Pigeon Point Lighthouse," this is a detail/cropped portion from that painting. Perched on a cliff on the central California coast, 50 miles south of San Francisco, the 115-foot Pigeon Point Lighthouse, was built in 1871 to guide ships on the Pacific coast of California. It is the tallest lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States.

Its five-wick lard oil lamp, and first-order Fresnel lens, comprised of 1,008 prisms, was first lit at sunset, November 15, 1872. The lens stands 16 feet tall, 6 feet in diameter, and weighs 2,000 pounds. It sits in a lantern room that had been constructed at the Lighthouse Service's general depot in New York before being shipped around the Horn. Although the original Fresnel lens is no longer in use, the lighthouse is still an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation using a 24 inch Aero Beacon.

The coastal areas surrounding Pigeon Point Light Station are rich with life. Marine mammals, such as seals and whales, can be seen regularly from shore as they pass by beyond the surf. The intertidal zone along this part of the coast, particularly in the rocky reefs that flank the light station, contains a diverse and numerous variety of plant and animal life.

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December 14th, 2019

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