A second order Fresnel lens currently in use at the Cape Blanco Lighthouse on the coast of southwestern Oregon. Manufactured by Henry LePaute, the lens is 80 inches high (6 feet 8 inches), and is sometimes considered to lie midway between a 1st order and a 2nd order lens.
Although this light station was established in 1870, this lens was installed in the lantern room in 1936, replacing a fixed 1st order lens, which had a flash induced by a curve panel which would rotate around the fixed lens, this being called an occulting screen.
If you are ever in the vicinity of Sixes, Oregon (Pop. A few seagulls and a whole bunch of cranberry bogs), take a little time and drive west out on Cape Blanco to the lighthouse. It's quite a considerable distance from the coast highway, as Cape Blanco is actually the westernmost point of Oregon.
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