>> Click to enlarge << Exterior of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum ...

In the September-October 2013 edition of Lighthouse Digest, we brought you the story of the dismantling of the first order Fresnel lens at Pt. Conception Lighthouse located in Santa Barbara County, California. That article was entitled “The End of a New Beginning...” Now, we bring you the restoration and rebuilding of the lens at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.

>> Click to enlarge << Lampists Jim Woodward (front, left), Kurt Fosburg ...

The reassembling process took three experts, a month and a half to finish. The following photos will give you a snapshot of the step-by-step process that it took to meticulously complete the 18-foot, 6000-pound glass masterpiece.

>> Click to enlarge << Scraping off old paint and corrosion.

In a future edition of Lighthouse Digest, the opening night gala for the lens exhibit.

>> Click to enlarge << The trio starting to assemble the pedestal.  ...

For more information on the lens, you may call the museum at (805) 962-8404, or go to: www.sbmm.org.

>> Click to enlarge << Unpacked lens panels following their trip from ...

All photos by Bill Edwards taken in June/July 2013.

>> Click to enlarge << Kurt Fosburg securing a section as the assembly ...

>> Click to enlarge << Resin in a syringe being applied to fill cracks ...

>> Click to enlarge << Jim Woodward (in the foreground), with a lens ...

>> Click to enlarge << Kurt Fosburg receiving the section.

>> Click to enlarge << Lampist Kurt Fosburg getting another lens section ...

>> Click to enlarge << Jim Dunlap holding the line while the lens piece ...

>> Click to enlarge << While Kurt Fosburg holds the lens section in ...

>> Click to enlarge << You’ve heard of a “birds-eye” view?  Consider ...

This story appeared in the Jan/Feb 2014 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. The print edition contains more stories than our internet edition, and each story generally contains more photographs - often many more - in the print edition. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.

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