This is the Corps that employed optical genius, Agustin-Jean Fresnel. Although some lighthouses were already using lenses, they weren’t using the special Fresnel-style lenses. There had been ...

Head to Florida's tallest lighthouse, brimming with history, to complement your vacation with panoramic views of the ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Point Wilson Lighthouse is lit once again with its original 1879 Fresnel lens. Out of commission for decades, the historic lens was relit on Oct. 29. “Relighting this historic ...

The Point Pinos Lighthouse in Pacific Grove marks its 170th anniversary with a day of festivities and historical activities.

The funds will be used to install educational displays at the South Pier Entrance lighthouse, which is the outermost ...

stands at the top of the lighthouse next to its Fresnel lens. He has family ties to lighthouse keepers there, going all the way back to the late 1830s. Tom Sintes' ties to the Amelia Island ...

The tower is notable for its rare 9-foot-tall first-order Fresnel lens that can be seen from more than 20 nautical miles away. It's important to know that this lighthouse is only accessible by ...

Now that the Amelia Island Lighthouse beacon is back in operation ... This arrangement was replaced by a third-order Barbier Benard Fresnel lens in 1903, which is still used to this day." ...