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EAST PROVIDENCE — The U.S. Coast Guard decommissioned Pomham Rocks Lighthouse in 1974. The keys were handed over to a family who would take care of the building for a time. And the antique lens that ...

NEWBURYPORT — Like a long-awaited Christmas present, volunteers and staff at the Custom House Maritime Museum spent some of Thursday morning carefully unwrapping a $400,000 Fresnel lens once used to ...

You may know them best for their original use in lighthouses, where they're famously recognised as "the invention that saved a million ships". Or perhaps you initially think of their employment in ...

Fresnel lenses consist of a flat surface with interspaced, concentric steps whereby each step corresponds to the surface of a conventional lens. Each step thereby acts as a refractive surface, much ...

GRAVES LEDGE, BOSTON HARBOR — Dave Waller and Bobby Sager are used to taking on daunting projects. A decade ago, they bid against each other at the government auction for Graves Light, a historic ...

Point Sur Lightstation is getting its original First-Order Fresnel lens back.The United States Coast Guard signed off on returning the 1887 Fresnel back to Point Sur on Monday and the work to get it ...

Nearly two years ago, Wearality created a unique Fresnel lens for VR headsets offering a claimed 150 degree field of view. The company successfully funded a VR viewer featuring the lens called ...

The Harbour Town Lighthouse on Hilton Head Island is shining with a more historical glint these days after the installation of a Fresnel lens, the likes of which have guided mariners around the world ...

One day a week I sit atop the tower at the Cana Island Light Station with some time to think. At least I had some time in May, but that’s certain to change in future weeks and certainly for my ...

The popular French lens design was originally created for lighthouses The popular French lens design was originally created for lighthouses is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who ...