Point Arena Light is a photograph by John K Woodruff which was uploaded on April 6th, 2015.
Point Arena Light
Point Arena Light is a lighthouse in Mendocino County, California, United States. Prior to the introduction of electricity, the lens was rotated by a... more
Title
Point Arena Light
Artist
John K Woodruff
Medium
Photograph - Digital Painting
Description
Point Arena Light is a lighthouse in Mendocino County, California, United States. Prior to the introduction of electricity, the lens was rotated by a clockwork mechanism. The Keepers, or "wickies" as they were called, had to hand crank a 160-pound weight up the center shaft of the lighthouse every 75 minutes to keep the lens turning. Light was produced by a "Funks" hydraulic oil lamp, that needed to be refueled every four hours, and whose wicks would have to be trimmed regularly. Later, two 1,000 watt electric lamps were installed to replace the oil lamp, and a 1⁄8 horsepower electric motor was installed to replace the clockworks. Above info from wikipedia.org.
Digitally painted from a photograph taken with a Nikon D300 camera using Photoshop CC, April 2015.
Uploaded
April 6th, 2015
