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Photographer: Rc
Taken: 2007
Caption: Current lamp and movement inside the light
Additional Description: The Sandy Hook Light is a stationary light (i.e. the light doesn't rotate). The workings currently in use are of modern design and automated. If the primary lamp burns out, the motor at the base of the photo rotates the secondary bulb into place. The lumens put out by the bulbs used today are far less than the bulbs used before radar, GPS, and other navigational aids came into play. The third-order fresnel lens has been damaged (see chips in upper left of photo and lower right hand sides) simply by visitors touching it which leaves oil from the skin on the surface. Once the oil seeps into the crystal structure, temperature variations eventually cause the damage.
Submitted: February 2, 2008, by Ronald Claiborne of College Station, Texas.
Database Locator Identification Number: p15133
File Size: 0.397 Megabytes

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