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Below the lamp is shown the crank mechanism, used to rotate the shutter. Obviously, it was a manually-operated mechanism, with limited speed, though it was adequate to make the "flashes" unique, giving the ship crews the chance to better discriminate between adjacent lightouses. The 8-point star effect is due to a camera lens filter, rather than a lamp characteristic...
Avraam.
A real Fresnel Lens, identical to the one used to collimate the light rays coming out of the Point Pinos Light Element. This one is located two stories below the top of the Point Pinos Lighthouse, in the museum part of the Lighthouse. This place really worth a visit...
The top of the Point Pinos Lighthouse is operable. The specially made lens is a kind of Fresnel one. This is the oldest lighthouse on the west coast of the US. Photo taken by Avraam Kazantzoglou.
That's part of the interior of the Point Pinos Lighthouse. During WW II, this room was used as a "visual look out" and "reporting" station. The observer was on post 24/7, responsible for looking westbound for potential "enemy" (Jap) activity. Picture taken by Avraam Kazantzoglou.
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Kaitan: A Kamakaze torpedo...One sailor would drive it into the side of a ship.....Not very successful....The US lost only one ship to Kaitans in WWII
Swedish style, log cabin.
Below the lamp is shown the crank mechanism, used to rotate the shutter. Obviously, it was a manually-operated mechanism, with limited speed, though it was adequate to make the "flashes" unique, giving the ship crews the chance to better discriminate between adjacent lightouses. The 8-point star effect is due to a camera lens filter, rather than a lamp characteristic... Avraam.
A real Fresnel Lens, identical to the one used to collimate the light rays coming out of the Point Pinos Light Element. This one is located two stories below the top of the Point Pinos Lighthouse, in the museum part of the Lighthouse. This place really worth a visit...
Point Pinos Lighthouse early in the evening, on a scattered-cloudy mid July day. Picture taken by Avraam Kazantzoglou.
The top of the Point Pinos Lighthouse is operable. The specially made lens is a kind of Fresnel one. This is the oldest lighthouse on the west coast of the US. Photo taken by Avraam Kazantzoglou.
That's part of the interior of the Point Pinos Lighthouse. During WW II, this room was used as a "visual look out" and "reporting" station. The observer was on post 24/7, responsible for looking westbound for potential "enemy" (Jap) activity. Picture taken by Avraam Kazantzoglou.