>> Click to enlarge << Cleaning the 1st order Fresnel lens at Pensacola ... Photo by: Dwain Patten

Thanks to a $107,000 grant, the gigantic 1st order Fresnel lens in the Pensacola Lighthouse in Pensacola, Florida has been restored.

>> Click to enlarge << The Pensacola Lighthouse. (Courtesy Pensacola ...

The restoration work was done by lampist Kurt Fosburg of Superior Lighthouse Restoration of Marquette, Michigan.

The lens restoration was the final step in a four year $3 million restoration project for the lighthouse. As we went to press, a special celebration was being planned for January 10-13 to honor the completed restoration and mark the 160th anniversary of lighthouse.

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