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Sometime after this date, the lens was shipped to California for use at Pigeon Point. The lens stands 16 feet tall, 6 feet in diameter, and
weighs 8,000 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. The 115 foot, un-reinforced tower was built from
approximately 500,000 locally produced bricks. Access to the lens is gained by climbing the 136-step, iron spiral stairway and platforms fabricated by Nuttings & Son, San Francisco. |
