File:Cape Forchou inside Fresnel lens.jpg

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Description Cape Forchu, Yarmouth, built c.1839, Nova Scotia, Canada. These lenses were used to magnify the flame lights to guide, warn & ward off mariners from dangerous shorelines . they were well made optical wonders and this one is out of a light 7 or so kilometers from Yarmouth which has been replaced with modern "brilliance". the bronze armature for thisstructure of glass is amazing. note; this lens is perched on a steel stand approximately six feet in height so one can walk under it.
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Source View looking up inside Fresnel lens.
Author Chris Darling from Portland, USA

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Ctd 2005 at https://www.flickr.com/photos/49196923@N00/40463696. It was reviewed on 8 December 2009 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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