Lighthouses

"There are no words to express the feelings that induce a sailor to offer fervent prayers when he sees this mark of sympathy expressed by his fellow men. Suddenly he sees that he is no longer alone in the midst of the ocean waves; he sees that people are caring for him with paternal solicitude."

by Russian Naval Lieutenant Lavrentiy Alekseyevich Zagoskin on sighting the Lighthouse at Sitka, Alaska, in 1839!!

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 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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Lighthouses