File:Point Vicente Lighthouse, Rancho Palos Verdes, California (6026553093).jpg
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English: Point Vicente Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, in Palos Verdes, north of Los Angeles Harbor, California. It is between Point Loma Lighthouse to the south and Point Conception Lighthouse to the north. The lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Point Vicente Lighthouse was built in 1926 on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The light source was dimmed during World War II to avoid aiding the enemy. It was automated in 1971 by the United States Coast Guard. The original third order Fresnel lens still revolves in the lantern room. The Point Vicente Lighthouse is an important landmark and beacon light relied upon by thousands of ships and pleasure craft. It provides a means of fixing their position, and ensuring their safe passage up and down the coast. The Point Vicente Light Station has been guiding sailing vessels to and from the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbors since March 1926. It was first operated and maintained by the United States Lighthouse Service for 13 years prior to the service being merged with the U.S. Coast Guard, which was delegated all aid-to-navigation responsibilities in 1939. The lighthouse was manned until 1971 when it was automated by a remote electronic aids-to-navigation monitoring system. The cylindrical tower is 67 feet (20 m) tall[1], and the masonry structure is built on the edge of a 130-foot (40 m) cliff. This places the center of the lantern 185 feet (56 m) above the ocean, and because of this elevation, the 1.1 million candlepower-beam can be seen twenty miles (32 km) away. The most striking feature in the lighthouse is the classical third-order rotating Fresnel Lens located in the lantern. This particular lens was manufactured around 1910 in Paris, France, by Barbier, Bernard and Turenne, the oldest lens making company in the world. This lighthouse also incorporates a pleasant-sounding foghorn to audibly warn ships during times of low visibility which are common to the area. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Vicente_Lighthouse en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_... |
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Source | Point Vicente Lighthouse, Rancho Palos Verdes, California |
Author | Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA |
Camera location | 33° 44′ 37.66″ N, 118° 24′ 39.25″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 33.743794; -118.410902 |
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ISO speed rating | 80 |
Date and time of data generation | 15:36, 7 August 2011 |
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File change date and time | 15:36, 7 August 2011 |
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