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Janthina Photo Images > The Lighthouse Tour hosted by the HLPS on 1-24-09 marked my first trip to the Hillsboro Light Station. Despite having photographed this light from boats and from locations across the inlet from it, this was my first time setting foot on the historic site. Still on the dock, I observed the lone gull which seemed poised for moment in greeting.
Janthina Photo Images > The Hillsboro Lighthouse is fitted with an original Second Order bivalve Fresnel lens. Manufactured with the encryption: "Phares & Fanaux, Barbier, Benard & Turenne, 82 Rue Curial, Paris", the lens consists of concentric prisms arranged in panels around a central bullseye; its twin halves resembling a bivalve shell. A mercury float trough was once used but today a ball bearing system in oil supports the 2 and 1/2 ton lens. Known as the "big diamond' this light shines 28 nautical miles out to sea. The source of illumination is the twin 1000 watt lamp arrangement shown.
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The Lighthouse Tour hosted by the HLPS on 1-24-09 marked my first trip to the Hillsboro Light Station. Despite having photographed this light from boats and from locations across the inlet from it, this was my first time setting foot on the historic site. Still on the dock, I observed the lone gull which seemed poised for moment in greeting.
Janthina Photo Images > The Lighthouse Tour hosted by the HLPS on 1-24-09 marked my first trip to the Hillsboro Light Station. Despite having photographed this light from boats and from locations across the inlet from it, this was my first time setting foot on the historic site. Still on the dock, I observed the lone gull which seemed poised for moment in greeting.
The Lighthouse Tour hosted by the HLPS on 1-24-09 marked my first trip to the Hillsboro Light Station. Despite having photographed this light from boats and from locations across the inlet from it, this was my first time setting foot on the historic site. Still on the dock, I observed the lone gull which seemed poised for moment in greeting.
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