Classical 4th and 5th Order Fresnel Lenses

TITLE:   Fresnel Lens

CAPTION:  Fresnel Lens:
1. Classical fourth order manufactured by Barbier, Benard & Turenne.
2. Classical fifth order manufactured by L. Sautter & Cie, used in Michigan City lighhoused (sic) 1858-1982.
POSTCARD ID:  None
PUBLISHER:  Custom Graphic Prducts by Creeko Creations
POSTMARK: None ~ Not Used Postally

Historic Lighthouse Lens from Cape Disappointment

TITLE:  Historic Lighthouse Lens from Cape Disappointment


CAPTION:  Huge Fresnel lens from the Cape Disappointment lighthouse, manufactured in 1822 in France for about $3000.  Lens was lighted with 18 wicks which burned five gallons of oil in a night.  It is estimated it would cost more than $6 million to make another lens like it today.  It is currently on display at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center at Fort Canby.
POSTCARD ID: #4
PUBLISHER: © published by PHOTO NEIL
POSTMARK:  None ~ Not Used Postally

Fresnel Lens ~ Twin Lights (Navesink) Lighthouse, NJ

TITLE: South Tower Lens, Twin Lights Lighthouse, Highlands, New Jersey


CAPTION: This “hyper radiant” bivalve lens used an electric arc light and at 25,000,000 candlepower was for many years the most powerful light in the United States.  The light rotated through the night powered by a clockwork Drive would every four hours.
POSTCARD ID: TLHS-9 & 35126510
PUBLISHER: Pub. by H.K Barnett, Allison Park, PA
POSTMARK: None, Not Used Postally

 

Green Bay Harbor Entrance Light, WI

TITLE: Lighthouse at Harbor Entrance, Green Bay, WIS


CAPTION:  This station marks the west side of entrance to dredge channel leading into Green Bay Harbor.  The house is circular, 25 feet in diameter; upper floor divided into rooms for the Keepers.  The light is electric of 6,000 candlepower flashing red every 6 seconds.  The fog signal is a vibrating diaphragm emitting a blast every 20 seconds.
POSTCARD ID:  39 and 9411.
PUBLISHER:   Published by Bosse’s News Depot, Green Bay, Wis.
POSTMARK:  None – Not used postally