Old Point Loma Lighthouse BW
by Guy Shultz
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Old Point Loma Lighthouse BW
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Guy Shultz
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One night in November 1855, and for every night for 36 years the keeper, Captain Robert Decatur Israel, climbed the stairs to light the 5 foot tall oil fired fresnel lens that could be seen from 25 miles at sea. Being 462 feet above sea level was a good thing, unless it was foggy. When it was, and because there was no fog-horn, the Captain would fire a shotgun to warn ships away from the rocks. The light was extinguished in 1891 and re-lit in the new lighthouse near the water's edge in 1894.
Not only was it the tallest and first lighthouse on the west coast, it was a home. One of the Captain's grandsons was born there.
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October 25th, 2014
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