Point Arena lighthouse

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Point Arena tower is the only Pacific West coast lighthouse of significant height that you can climb to the top.

It stands 115 feet tall, and features a 1st Order Fresnel Lens, over six feet in diameter and weighing more than six tons. The lens is made up of 666 hand-ground glass prisms all focused toward three sets of double bulls eyes.
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