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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: August 1, 2015
Caption: Fifth Order Fresnel Lens
Additional Description: This fifth order lens was actually used in the Jones Point lighthouse itself, during the 19th century. Restoration of the lens was performed by volunteers from the Chesapeake Lighthouse Society.

Mount Vernon Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
on display in the Lyceum Museum in Alexandria Virginia
Submitted: August 2, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p319480
File Size: 1.859 Megabytes

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