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POINT PINOS LIGHTHOUSE: LENS & MACHINERY

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#811

Long #: 38.1-811-B
Negative size: 3.5" x 5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Close-up of Point Pinos Lighthouse light tower, showing lion ornament at top of window, and Fresnel lens. The lions are not just decorative; pipes in their mouths direct water away from the tower dome.
#812

Long #: 38.1-812-B
Negative size: 5" x 3.5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Close-up of Point Pinos Lighthouse light tower, showing ornamental cutwork at top, two ornamental lion heads at corners, and handles on window frames. The lions are not just decorative; pipes in their mouths direct water away from the tower dome.

#817

Long #: 38.1-812-B
Negative size: 5" x 3.5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Close-up of Point Pinos Lighthouse light tower, showing ornamental cutwork at top, two ornamental lion heads at corners, and handles on window frames. The lions are not just decorative; pipes in their mouths direct water away from the tower dome.
#818

Long #: 38.1-818-BL
Negative size: 5" x 3.5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
View from light tower (lantern room) of Point Pinos Lighthouse, looking over Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links towards Monterey Bay. Rail and round rail ornament of light tower in foreground.

#819

Long #: 38.1-819-BI
Negative size: 3.5" x 5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), showing fixed third-order Fresnel lens. Peek of cloth drape at left, view though window at right.
#820

Long #: 38.1-820-BI
Negative size: 3.5" x 5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), showing fixed third-order Fresnel lens. Peek of cloth drape at left, view though window at right.

#821

Long #: 38.1-821-BI
Negative size: 3.5" x 5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), showing close-up of fixed third-order Fresnel lens and inner eclipser mechanism.
#822

Long #: 38.1-822-BPI
Negative size: 5" x 3.5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), with Coast Guard chief petty officer looking at lens. Coast Guard housing visible in background.

#823

Long #: 38.1-823-BPI
Negative size: 3.5" x 5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), with Coast Guard chief petty officer (partially obscured by lens) leaning on tower wall. Coast Guard housing visible in background.
#824

Long #: 38.1-824-BPI
Negative size: 3.5" x 5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), with Coast Guard chief petty officer leaning on tower wall. Coast Guard housing visible in background.

#825

Long #: 38.1-825-BPI
Negative size: 3.5" x 5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), with Coast Guard chief petty officer looking up at lens.
#826

Long #: 38.1-826-BPI
Negative size: 3.5" x 5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), with Coast Guard chief petty officer looking up at lens.

#827

Long #: 38.1-827-BI
Negative size: 3.5" x 5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), showing eclipser assembly mechanism inside Fresnel lens.
#828

Long #: 38.1-828-BI
Negative size: 3.5" x 5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), showing close-up of bulbs through Fresnel lens.

#829

Long #: 38.1-829-BI
Negative size: 5" x 3.5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), showing two bulbs inside Fresnel lens.

#830

Long #: 38.1-830-BI
Negative size: 3.5" x 5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Coast Guard navigational machinery in basement of Point Pinos Lighthouse.
#831

Long #: 38.1-831-BI
Negative size: 3.5" x 5"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald)
Date: 1966
Place: Pacific Grove
Binder: Lighthouse
Coast Guard navigational machinery in basement of Point Pinos Lighthouse.

#877

Long #: 38.3-877-BIP
Negative size: 10" x 8"
Negative type: Photo
Photographer:
Date: c. 1850
Place: France?
Binder: Lighthouse
Workroom with two workmen. Fresnel lens on workbench--presumably where Point Pinos Light was manufactured.
#832

Long #: 38.2-832-PBI
Negative size: 10" x 8"
Negative type: Positive
Photographer:
Date: c. 1935
Place: Point Sur
Binder: Lighthouse
Point Pinos Lighthouse historian Jerry McCaffery identifies this as Point Sur Light keeper Thomas Henderson, working on the incandescent oil vapor light, probably inside the first-order Fresnel lens at Point Sur. The lens has a large bull's-eye center. It was moved to the Monterey Maritime Museum in 1978, where it remains on exhibit. Photo from National Archives.

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#811 Long #: 38.1-811-B Negative size: 3.5" x 5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Close-up of Point Pinos Lighthouse light tower, showing lion ornament at top of window, and Fresnel lens. The lions are not just decorative; pipes in their mouths direct water away from the tower dome.		#812 Long #: 38.1-812-B Negative size: 5" x 3.5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Close-up of Point Pinos Lighthouse light tower, showing ornamental cutwork at top, two ornamental lion heads at corners, and handles on window frames. The lions are not just decorative; pipes in their mouths direct water away from the tower dome.



#817 Long #: 38.1-812-B Negative size: 5" x 3.5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Close-up of Point Pinos Lighthouse light tower, showing ornamental cutwork at top, two ornamental lion heads at corners, and handles on window frames. The lions are not just decorative; pipes in their mouths direct water away from the tower dome.		#818 Long #: 38.1-818-BL Negative size: 5" x 3.5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse View from light tower (lantern room) of Point Pinos Lighthouse, looking over Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links towards Monterey Bay. Rail and round rail ornament of light tower in foreground.



#819 Long #: 38.1-819-BI Negative size: 3.5" x 5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), showing fixed third-order Fresnel lens. Peek of cloth drape at left, view though window at right.		#820 Long #: 38.1-820-BI Negative size: 3.5" x 5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), showing fixed third-order Fresnel lens. Peek of cloth drape at left, view though window at right.



#821 Long #: 38.1-821-BI Negative size: 3.5" x 5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), showing close-up of fixed third-order Fresnel lens and inner eclipser mechanism.		#822 Long #: 38.1-822-BPI Negative size: 5" x 3.5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), with Coast Guard chief petty officer looking at lens. Coast Guard housing visible in background.



#823 Long #: 38.1-823-BPI Negative size: 3.5" x 5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), with Coast Guard chief petty officer (partially obscured by lens) leaning on tower wall. Coast Guard housing visible in background.		#824 Long #: 38.1-824-BPI Negative size: 3.5" x 5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), with Coast Guard chief petty officer leaning on tower wall. Coast Guard housing visible in background.



#825 Long #: 38.1-825-BPI Negative size: 3.5" x 5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), with Coast Guard chief petty officer looking up at lens.		#826 Long #: 38.1-826-BPI Negative size: 3.5" x 5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), with Coast Guard chief petty officer looking up at lens.



#827 Long #: 38.1-827-BI Negative size: 3.5" x 5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), showing eclipser assembly mechanism inside Fresnel lens.		#828 Long #: 38.1-828-BI Negative size: 3.5" x 5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), showing close-up of bulbs through Fresnel lens.



#829 Long #: 38.1-829-BI Negative size: 5" x 3.5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Interior of Point Pinos Lighthouse tower (lantern room), showing two bulbs inside Fresnel lens.



#830 Long #: 38.1-830-BI Negative size: 3.5" x 5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Coast Guard navigational machinery in basement of Point Pinos Lighthouse.		#831 Long #: 38.1-831-BI Negative size: 3.5" x 5" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Ben Lyons (Herald) Date: 1966 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Lighthouse Coast Guard navigational machinery in basement of Point Pinos Lighthouse.



#877 Long #: 38.3-877-BIP Negative size: 10" x 8" Negative type: Photo Photographer: Date: c. 1850 Place: France? Binder: Lighthouse Workroom with two workmen. Fresnel lens on workbench--presumably where Point Pinos Light was manufactured.		#832 Long #: 38.2-832-PBI Negative size: 10" x 8" Negative type: Positive Photographer: Date: c. 1935 Place: Point Sur Binder: Lighthouse Point Pinos Lighthouse historian Jerry McCaffery identifies this as Point Sur Light keeper Thomas Henderson, working on the incandescent oil vapor light, probably inside the first-order Fresnel lens at Point Sur. The lens has a large bull's-eye center. It was moved to the Monterey Maritime Museum in 1978, where it remains on exhibit. Photo from National Archives.