Old Pt Loma Lighthouse for Bill and Tara by Sea_Dog

Photography • Architecture • posted on Jun 25, 2011

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Recently, Bill ( Bmac62) and Tara (auntietk) favored us with variety of lighthouse images from along the coast of Oregon so when I took some time to review some of my shots from visits to the Old Point Loma Lighthouse I decided to put this little collage together for their enjoyment - and yours too, I hope. This lighthouse had a short career - about 36 years. It was first lit in 1855 and extinguished for good in 1891. While the idea of building a lighthouse high on the spine of Point Loma (some 440 ft. above sea level) sounded good at the time - weather conditions, fog, rain, mist hampered its usefulness to mariners. The building on the right was the assistant keepers quarters and now a demonstration of the working of the light. Enjoy

Comments (27)

CaressingTheDark

2:11PM | Sat, 25 June 2011

Excellent captures

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Hendesse

2:29PM | Sat, 25 June 2011

Beautiful shots and presentation. Looks fantastic!!

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Bossie_Boots

2:29PM | Sat, 25 June 2011

Superbly captured 1!

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bmac62

2:32PM | Sat, 25 June 2011

Thank you very much Dennis!!! Lighthouses elsewhere that were built too high up have met the same fate. Funny that nobody thought about fog at higher elevations before these lights were put in place. All that aside, this is a beautiful lighthouse...and it appears perfectly intact. Are the keeper's houses still there? AND best of all, I see the Fresnel lens is there...THAT is really fortunate after being closed for 120 years. These lenses can't be duplicated...even the best immitations don't come close.

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Sea_Dog

2:39PM | Sat, 25 June 2011

The building on the right was the assistant's quarters - it now houses the mechanism that rotated the light in the old days and a fresnel in a glass case.

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auntietk

3:06PM | Sat, 25 June 2011

Wow! Thank you for this! What wonderful shots. A lighthouse that old is a rarity ... it must have been one of the first on the coast. That copper roof is quite special. How wonderful that it's been maintained all this time! This is very cool. A wonderful presentation. Thank you again!

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