Amelia Island Lighthouse at Twilight Fernandina Beach Florida
by Dawna Moore Photography
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Amelia Island Lighthouse at Twilight Fernandina Beach Florida
Artist
Dawna Moore Photography
Medium
Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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The light source for the tower consisted of a collection of fourteen lamps, backed by reflectors, which revolved to produce a flashing characteristic. Though the tower is just sixty-four feet tall, the light has a focal plane of 107 feet thanks to the prominence on which it stands. Amos Latham followed the lighthouse across the river and served as its first keeper at its new location. The lighthouse was upgraded in 1856 with a third-order Fresnel lens. In 1858, a beacon light was established five-eighths of a mile seaward of the tower near Fort Clinch to form, with the lighthouse, a pair of range lights indicating the best channel across the bar. The beacon light was mounted on a car that could be rolled along a 100-foot-long tramway to track the changing channel. (lighthousefriends.com)
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February 3rd, 2015
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