Seeing The Light - Lighthouse Illumination


	Argand and Lewis lamps The story of the Aimee Argand's lamp and how Winslow Lewis stole his design and successfully introduced it to the USA in the form of the Lewis Patent Lamp
	The Classic Fresnel Lens Young French Physicist Augustin Jean Fresnel, and how his pioneering work in lighthouse optics live on to this day Second Order Third Order Third-and-a-Half Order Fourth Order Fifth Order Sixth Order
	The Acetylene lamp and Sun Valve (coming soon) The combination system which paved the way for automation
	The Aerobeacon Originally designed for airfield use, these rotating beacons became widely used with electrification.
	Acrylic Optics - 250mm Automatic Power Acrylic Optics - 300mm Tidelands Signal Solar powered, compact, and relatively maintenance free, these optics quickly became the standard throughout the Coast Guard system.
	Acrylic Optics - Vega Rotating VRB-25 The rotating light returns to the Great Lakes
	The LED optic array The next step in lighthouse illumination

Lighthouse Illumination technology through the years	Back