The Pigeon Point Lighthouse is fifty miles south of San Francisco along the central California coast near the town of Pescadero. At 115 feet tall, it's one of the tallest lighthouses in America. It was first lit in 1872 and, although the lighthouse tower is no longer active, the point is still an active Coast Guard station.
The lighthouse is in need of restoration and has been closed since 2001 when pieces of the brickwork near the top fell off. The grounds are still open, but the area around the base of the tower is fenced off. The park used to have an annual lighting of the historic lighthouse event in November to commemorate when the lighthouse was first lit, but discontinued the lighting in 2011. The historic lighting may resume after the restoration project on the tower is completed. The 2000 pound first order Fresnel lens that sat atop the tower and cast the lighthouse's light out to the sea is now sitting in the fog signal building. It's 16 feet tall, 6 feet in diameter, and consists of 1008 prisms fastened to a brass framework.
Bob took these photos of the lighthouse in 2010 on the day of the historic lighting event and posted his night time shot of the lighthouse lit up in an earlier posting.
Remember, it's not just a picture, it's a story.
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