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had to time the photo just right as this ramp turns around the light. I also shot video of this, it's pretty cool and you can hear the track spinning.
from lighthousefriends.c ... =131. The masonry tower stands fifty-six feet tall and has a focal plane of 205 feet above sea level. The light is the most powerful on the Oregon coast and can be seen up to twenty-one miles out to sea.
The tower’s first-order Fresnel lens was manufactured in Birmingham, England by Chance Brothers. Most Fresnel lenses installed in U.S. lighthouses were produced in France, but besides Heceta Head, Chance Brothers lenses were also used at Point Cabrillo and Anacapa Island in California, and in Staten Island Lighthouse in New York. The Heceta Head lens has 640, two-inch-thick prisms, arranged in eight bull’s-eye panels, and revolves to produce brilliant white flashes.
from lighthousefriends.c ... =131. The masonry tower stands fifty-six feet tall and has a focal plane of 205 feet above sea level. The light is the most powerful on the Oregon coast and can be seen up to twenty-one miles out to sea.
The tower’s first-order Fresnel lens was manufactured in Birmingham, England by Chance Brothers. Most Fresnel lenses installed in U.S. lighthouses were produced in France, but besides Heceta Head, Chance Brothers lenses were also used at Point Cabrillo and Anacapa Island in California, and in Staten Island Lighthouse in New York. The Heceta Head lens has 640, two-inch-thick prisms, arranged in eight bull’s-eye panels, and revolves to produce brilliant white flashes.