Smith Island Lighthouse 4th Order Fresnel Lens, 1884

A Fresnel lens is a convex lens surrounded with bands of glass ground so that they have all the same focal point. This Fresnel lens was made in 1884 by Barbier and Fenestre in Paris for the Smith Island Lighthouse built by the Coast Guard in 1858. Smith Island is located at the junction of Rosario a...

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Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1884
Subjects:
Maritime
19th century
Mohai
Rosario
Smith Island
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/16129
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/16129 2023-05-15T18:19:59+02:00 Smith Island Lighthouse 4th Order Fresnel Lens, 1884 1884 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/16129 unknown 1955.970.292 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/16129 http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en MOHAI, 1955.970.292. Gift of Mr. Horace W. McCurdy Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Maritime 19th century artifact 1884 ftuwashingtonlib 2020-07-11T22:38:13Z A Fresnel lens is a convex lens surrounded with bands of glass ground so that they have all the same focal point. This Fresnel lens was made in 1884 by Barbier and Fenestre in Paris for the Smith Island Lighthouse built by the Coast Guard in 1858. Smith Island is located at the junction of Rosario and Juan de Fuca Straits, off the west coast of Whidbey Island. The Lighthouse was abandoned in 1958 in favor of a radio tower and this lens ended up at the Skunk Bay Lighthouse in Hansville, Washington, before being donated to MOHAI where it is currently on display. 1 Lamp, Signal; Materials: metal --glass; Dimensions: 82 in.H x 45 in.Diam Other/Unknown Material Smith Island University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Mohai ENVELOPE(-60.483,-60.483,-62.967,-62.967) Rosario ENVELOPE(-67.967,-67.967,-67.450,-67.450) Smith Island ENVELOPE(-62.520,-62.520,-62.981,-62.981)
institution Open Polar
collection University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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language unknown
topic Maritime
19th century
spellingShingle Maritime
19th century
Smith Island Lighthouse 4th Order Fresnel Lens, 1884
topic_facet Maritime
19th century
description A Fresnel lens is a convex lens surrounded with bands of glass ground so that they have all the same focal point. This Fresnel lens was made in 1884 by Barbier and Fenestre in Paris for the Smith Island Lighthouse built by the Coast Guard in 1858. Smith Island is located at the junction of Rosario and Juan de Fuca Straits, off the west coast of Whidbey Island. The Lighthouse was abandoned in 1958 in favor of a radio tower and this lens ended up at the Skunk Bay Lighthouse in Hansville, Washington, before being donated to MOHAI where it is currently on display. 1 Lamp, Signal; Materials: metal --glass; Dimensions: 82 in.H x 45 in.Diam
format Other/Unknown Material
title Smith Island Lighthouse 4th Order Fresnel Lens, 1884
title_short Smith Island Lighthouse 4th Order Fresnel Lens, 1884
title_full Smith Island Lighthouse 4th Order Fresnel Lens, 1884
title_fullStr Smith Island Lighthouse 4th Order Fresnel Lens, 1884
title_full_unstemmed Smith Island Lighthouse 4th Order Fresnel Lens, 1884
title_sort smith island lighthouse 4th order fresnel lens, 1884
publishDate 1884
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/16129
long_lat ENVELOPE(-60.483,-60.483,-62.967,-62.967)
ENVELOPE(-67.967,-67.967,-67.450,-67.450)
ENVELOPE(-62.520,-62.520,-62.981,-62.981)
geographic Mohai
Rosario
Smith Island
geographic_facet Mohai
Rosario
Smith Island
genre Smith Island
genre_facet Smith Island
op_source Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
op_relation 1955.970.292
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/16129
op_rights http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
MOHAI, 1955.970.292. Gift of Mr. Horace W. McCurdy
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