Episode 35 - Montauk Point Lighthouse

100:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000Wow.200:00:03,840 --> 00:00:04,840Hi, everyone.300:00:04,840 --> 00:00:06,400I'm Emily and I'm Vince.400:00:06,520 --> 00:00:08,840And this is the Lighthouse500:00:08,920 --> 00:00:09,920Lowdown.600:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,600I forgot the button.700:00:17,160 --> 00:00:18,480We've made it more complicated for800:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,240ourselves having to physically900:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,320press the button when originally1000:00:23,360 --> 00:00:25,720I would just drop the audio1100:00:25,720 --> 00:00:26,720in.1200:00:27,200 --> 00:00:28,920But I think it's more fun,1300:00:28,920 --> 00:00:29,920easier for me later.1400:00:30,560 --> 00:00:31,880And we can sing during it now.1500:00:31,880 --> 00:00:33,880Yeah. Now you can instead1600:00:33,880 --> 00:00:35,280of getting a peaceful1700:00:36,480 --> 00:00:38,800moment from us talking,1800:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,840instead you get maybe1900:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,040we should just remove it entirely2000:00:42,040 --> 00:00:43,080and just have us sing the whole2100:00:43,080 --> 00:00:44,080thing.2200:00:46,720 --> 00:00:47,720Not this time.2300:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,200OK, so our history2400:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,200today, I'm excited about it's2500:00:52,200 --> 00:00:53,840going to be types of Fresnel2600:00:53,840 --> 00:00:54,600lenses.2700:00:54,600 --> 00:00:55,120Very good.2800:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,080Which we discussed me doing2900:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,560in one of the earlier podcasts,3000:00:59,560 --> 00:01:00,560one of the most recent ones.3100:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,120And it's very visual.3200:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,000So if you're listening3300:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,520to the podcast and you want to see3400:01:06,520 --> 00:01:07,880what I'm talking about because3500:01:08,280 --> 00:01:09,920lenses are super cool and I think3600:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,840they're really pretty and they're3700:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,120all very different, which is what3800:01:13,120 --> 00:01:14,120I'm going to be covering today.3900:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,160Then head over and watch the video4000:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,080because that'll be you4100:01:18,080 --> 00:01:19,760can just go over, watch the video4200:01:19,760 --> 00:01:20,840as I'm talking about the history4300:01:20,840 --> 00:01:22,360buoy and then come back to4400:01:22,760 --> 00:01:23,760listen to the podcast.4500:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,160But YouTube has a video,4600:01:25,200 --> 00:01:26,560the Lighthouse Lowdown YouTube4700:01:26,560 --> 00:01:27,400channel.4800:01:27,400 --> 00:01:27,720Yeah.4900:01:27,720 --> 00:01:29,960And then not the video, but images5000:01:29,960 --> 00:01:31,080are on Instagram.5100:01:31,640 --> 00:01:33,000And you can watch the video.5200:01:33,000 --> 00:01:33,880You don't have to go to YouTube.5300:01:33,880 --> 00:01:35,640You can just go to our website.5400:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,360That has a little that's right.5500:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,840The Lighthouse Lowdown dot com.5600:01:40,440 --> 00:01:41,440So.5700:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,320But yes.5800:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,400But yeah, so that's I'm going to5900:01:48,400 --> 00:01:49,160be doing that today.6000:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,200And I think you'd benefit6100:01:51,200 --> 00:01:52,600greatly from seeing the pictures6200:01:52,600 --> 00:01:53,760because Vince will be seeing here6300:01:54,360 --> 00:01:55,560seeing them all up on the screen.6400:01:55,560 --> 00:01:56,560So. Right.6500:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,920Obviously, the point of a6600:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,920Fresnel lens is to focus as6700:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,240much of a light source as possible6800:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,160in a direction6900:02:05,160 --> 00:02:06,760that could be if it's a fixed light,7000:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,680it's all directions or7100:02:09,360 --> 00:02:10,640a singular direction, which is how7200:02:10,640 --> 00:02:12,080you get the beam of a lighthouse7300:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,440tower is it's focused.7400:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,120And that's what the point of a7500:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,280Fresnel lenses and actually a lens7600:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,680now that they're, you7700:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,160know, originally we had, you know,7800:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,440reflectors and just like7900:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,560it's like mirrored surfaces8000:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,640that kind of did that same8100:02:28,640 --> 00:02:30,640job. And it was like 408200:02:30,640 --> 00:02:32,640percent of the light source was8300:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,360captured and redirected.8400:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,400But with a Fresnel lens, up8500:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,480to 98 percent of a light8600:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,800is captured by the prisms8700:02:40,800 --> 00:02:41,800and redirected.8800:02:41,800 --> 00:02:43,400So that's why it's so powerful.8900:02:43,400 --> 00:02:44,480Yeah. I'll show you.9000:02:44,960 --> 00:02:46,760So this is basically just a cross9100:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,200section of a Fresnel lens.9200:02:48,200 --> 00:02:49,400So you can see what the prisms9300:02:49,400 --> 00:02:50,400looks like.9400:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,240The prisms closest to the9500:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,600bullseye or the middle section.9600:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,120It varies.9700:02:56,120 --> 00:02:57,160And I'll show you a picture in a9800:02:57,160 --> 00:02:57,960second.9900:02:57,960 --> 00:02:59,720But the middle part doesn't10000:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,400have to redirect the light as10100:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,160much because it's right in front10200:03:03,160 --> 00:03:04,120of where the light is coming10300:03:04,120 --> 00:03:04,880from.10400:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,480And so they're shaped differently10500:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,720than the prisms that are further10600:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,360up or down from the light10700:03:10,360 --> 00:03:11,960source in the Fresnel lens,10800:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,560because the Fresnel lens just goes10900:03:13,560 --> 00:03:14,920on top of the light source.11000:03:14,920 --> 00:03:16,960It's like you just put it over11100:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,080the top of a bulb or11200:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,040you know, early on it was just11300:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,120candles or oil11400:03:23,120 --> 00:03:24,360lamps or something like that.11500:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,840And so the prisms11600:03:28,160 --> 00:03:29,800on the top and bottom basically11700:03:29,800 --> 00:03:31,640have to work harder to redirect11800:03:31,640 --> 00:03:33,400light into the direction that you11900:03:33,400 --> 00:03:34,720want it to go in the middle ones.12000:03:34,720 --> 00:03:35,680So they're shaped differently.12100:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,720So closer to the very12200:03:37,720 --> 00:03:38,880middle of the Fresnel lens,12300:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,000they're called dioptric prisms12400:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,200and further up are catadioptric.12500:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,280Basically just the ones further12600:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,520up or down have to12700:03:48,120 --> 00:03:49,920bend the light at a steeper12800:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,120angle than ones that are closer12900:03:52,120 --> 00:03:52,960to the middle of the lens,13000:03:52,960 --> 00:03:54,160which is why they're shaped13100:03:54,160 --> 00:03:54,560different.13200:03:54,560 --> 00:03:54,920Yeah.13300:03:54,920 --> 00:03:56,240So they're different shape,13400:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,160which is essentially angling13500:03:58,160 --> 00:03:59,960the light out in a linear fashion13600:03:59,960 --> 00:04:01,640straight out from the Fresnel13700:04:01,640 --> 00:04:02,000lens.13800:04:02,800 --> 00:04:04,760And then they're also different13900:04:04,920 --> 00:04:05,760sizes.14000:04:05,840 --> 00:04:07,240So it looks like the ones that are14100:04:07,240 --> 00:04:07,840dioptric.14200:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,040So they're further away from the14300:04:09,040 --> 00:04:10,560light source or larger,14400:04:10,560 --> 00:04:11,280at least in this14500:04:12,760 --> 00:04:13,480in this diagram.14600:04:14,320 --> 00:04:15,920Yeah, I think they usually are.14700:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,240It's kind of like dioptric is half14800:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,520of what a catadioptric prism is.14900:04:20,800 --> 00:04:21,920And the picture that I'm showing15000:04:21,920 --> 00:04:23,960is simplified.15100:04:24,040 --> 00:04:25,400But if you have like15200:04:26,080 --> 00:04:27,280I'm about to talk about it in a15300:04:27,280 --> 00:04:28,120second, but there are different15400:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,360sizes of Fresnel lenses,15500:04:29,360 --> 00:04:30,680which we talk about all the time.15600:04:30,680 --> 00:04:30,800Yeah.15700:04:30,800 --> 00:04:32,320First order, fourth or eighth15800:04:32,320 --> 00:04:32,600order.15900:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,480And that just means how many16000:04:35,480 --> 00:04:36,640prisms there are.16100:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,160And it's obviously smaller in16200:04:38,160 --> 00:04:38,560size.16300:04:38,560 --> 00:04:39,680So if you have an eighth order,16400:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,320you'll have like four prisms16500:04:41,320 --> 00:04:42,840total around the sides.16600:04:42,840 --> 00:04:43,040Yeah.16700:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,800And if you have first order,16800:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,400it's, I don't know,16900:04:47,400 --> 00:04:48,600a hundred or something.17000:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,040You know, it's just yeah.17100:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,240It's basically that17200:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,880the light on the inside17300:04:53,880 --> 00:04:54,920could be the same.17400:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,200But because the Fresnel lens17500:04:57,200 --> 00:04:58,760is so much bigger with so many17600:04:58,760 --> 00:05:00,320prisms, it's capturing every17700:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,640little scrap of light17800:05:02,640 --> 00:05:03,840that is coming out from that17900:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,000light source and redirecting it.18000:05:06,000 --> 00:05:06,280So.18100:05:07,200 --> 00:05:07,680It's cool.18200:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,720So this I'm showing a chart18300:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,320from the US LHS page,18400:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,800which tells you what18500:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,400sizes there are and how many18600:05:17,400 --> 00:05:18,360there were in the US,18700:05:18,360 --> 00:05:19,280what the cost is,18800:05:19,280 --> 00:05:20,280what their size is.18900:05:20,280 --> 00:05:21,480So it kind of just breaks it all19000:05:21,480 --> 00:05:21,760down.19100:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,760I'm not going to talk about all19200:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,480of this, but basically you're19300:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,120the largest Fresnel lens you19400:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,920have is hyper radial and it19500:05:28,920 --> 00:05:30,320goes all the way down to eighth19600:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,360order, which is just a couple19700:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,480inches in height and diameter.19800:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,240And then the hyper radial is19900:05:36,240 --> 00:05:37,92012 over 12 feet tall.20000:05:38,320 --> 00:05:39,840And I'll have a picture of that20100:05:39,840 --> 00:05:40,080too.20200:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,120But the I'm looking at the cost20300:05:42,120 --> 00:05:42,560over here.20400:05:42,600 --> 00:05:43,040Yeah.20500:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,840OK, those are in nineteen20600:05:44,840 --> 00:05:46,000hundred dollars.20700:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,640So like so nowadays20800:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,040a hyper radial lens in nineteen20900:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,240hundred was twenty seven21000:05:52,240 --> 00:05:52,920thousand dollars.21100:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,960And today that amounts to nearly21200:05:54,960 --> 00:05:55,960a million dollars.21300:05:56,120 --> 00:05:56,920That is nuts.21400:05:56,920 --> 00:05:57,280I know.21500:05:57,880 --> 00:05:59,640So I got to pick up.21600:05:59,640 --> 00:06:00,600I like charts.21700:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,200Oh, there's also I like charts.21800:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,920I like chart number of them21900:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,600of each size in the US.22000:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,320And there's a nineteen hundred22100:06:09,320 --> 00:06:10,440and nineteen twenty two in the22200:06:10,440 --> 00:06:11,360nineteen forty five.22300:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,800There's one shown for that22400:06:13,800 --> 00:06:14,800hyper radial.22500:06:14,840 --> 00:06:16,800Is that the same one we talk22600:06:16,800 --> 00:06:17,080about it?22700:06:17,080 --> 00:06:17,400All right.22800:06:17,400 --> 00:06:18,680You I'll tell you about it.22900:06:18,680 --> 00:06:19,800I don't need to cut you off.23000:06:19,800 --> 00:06:20,480That's pretty cool.23100:06:20,760 --> 00:06:21,160Yeah.23200:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,600And another thing on this chart,23300:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,000a couple of these sizes have a23400:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,320little asterisk next to it.23500:06:27,280 --> 00:06:29,680And that just means that the23600:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,560size of lens it was developed23700:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,520after Fresnel originally23800:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,080designed the lens.23900:06:38,080 --> 00:06:39,800So it's like somebody else24000:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,080developed the size.24100:06:41,080 --> 00:06:41,760The size.24200:06:41,760 --> 00:06:42,080Yeah.24300:06:42,640 --> 00:06:43,720And so that that would be24400:06:43,720 --> 00:06:45,800hyper radial and so radial.24500:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,840I there's none in the US24600:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,040and there's only been two ever24700:06:49,040 --> 00:06:50,360built, so I didn't look too24800:06:50,360 --> 00:06:51,040deep into that.24900:06:51,040 --> 00:06:52,840But maybe one of these days I'll25000:06:52,840 --> 00:06:53,640try and find one of the25100:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,240lighthouses that had a lens like25200:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,760that because it's just a25300:06:56,760 --> 00:06:57,440different size.25400:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,320I think it's not probably not25500:06:59,320 --> 00:07:00,720anything outrageous, but there's25600:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,160also three and a half order,25700:07:02,160 --> 00:07:03,160which I thought was funny.25800:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,280And it must have just been25900:07:05,280 --> 00:07:07,680because third order is twice the26000:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,680size of a fourth order in radius.26100:07:09,680 --> 00:07:10,560And so they were probably like,26200:07:10,560 --> 00:07:11,400why don't we have something26300:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,280that's in between this and made26400:07:13,280 --> 00:07:14,160it a three and a half order.26500:07:14,160 --> 00:07:14,960And that's actually going to26600:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,240show up in our podcast today.26700:07:17,400 --> 00:07:17,760OK.26800:07:18,280 --> 00:07:19,560Seventh order and eighth order26900:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,200were not in the US.27000:07:21,200 --> 00:07:22,680I guess you can see it on the27100:07:22,680 --> 00:07:23,080screen.27200:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,120They never that was a lot more27300:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,160of a Europe thing to have.27400:07:27,680 --> 00:07:28,800I didn't realize that smaller27500:07:28,800 --> 00:07:29,720lenses like that.27600:07:30,600 --> 00:07:31,600Do you know why?27700:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,200It's mostly I think it's just27800:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,600because we defaulted often to a27900:07:37,600 --> 00:07:38,600fourth order lens.28000:07:38,960 --> 00:07:39,760When we would build a28100:07:39,760 --> 00:07:40,840lighthouse, it wouldn't be on a28200:07:40,840 --> 00:07:41,800river or anything.28300:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,440I don't know if we have any28400:07:43,960 --> 00:07:45,040lighthouses on a river.28500:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,360But in Europe, they did.28600:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,600Yeah, you know, yeah, just a lot28700:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,800more little islands and stuff.28800:07:51,800 --> 00:07:52,720So smaller range.28900:07:52,720 --> 00:07:52,920Yeah.29000:07:52,920 --> 00:07:54,720And buoys a lot had eighth29100:07:54,720 --> 00:07:55,680order lenses on them.29200:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,520So just little lights.29300:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,880I will start now with talking29400:08:00,880 --> 00:08:05,080about flash patterns, you know,29500:08:05,120 --> 00:08:06,480light characteristics.29600:08:06,480 --> 00:08:10,000We've done a podcast, was it29700:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,040history, but yeah, we have.29800:08:13,040 --> 00:08:13,240Yeah.29900:08:13,240 --> 00:08:14,600So we've covered it before, but30000:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,880the light characteristic depends30100:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,480on what your frontal lens looks30200:08:19,480 --> 00:08:19,880like.30300:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,000And so every time you have like30400:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,560group occulting or you have a30500:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,360flashing light or you have a30600:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,640fixed light, it's because the30700:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,000frontal lens looks different.30800:08:29,000 --> 00:08:29,840And that's why you have a30900:08:29,840 --> 00:08:31,560different flash pattern today.31000:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,440Not so much because another31100:08:33,440 --> 00:08:34,080electric focus.31200:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,200Yeah, exactly.31300:08:35,200 --> 00:08:36,920But originally it was because of31400:08:36,920 --> 00:08:37,720the Fresnel lenses.31500:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,280So I have pictures up if anyone31600:08:40,280 --> 00:08:41,800wants to go the lighthouse31700:08:41,800 --> 00:08:42,600lowdown.com.31800:08:42,800 --> 00:08:43,320I'll have video.31900:08:43,320 --> 00:08:44,600You can go ahead and see what32000:08:44,600 --> 00:08:45,360the lens look like.32100:08:45,360 --> 00:08:46,960But a lot of these pictures came32200:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,880from the US LHS as well.32300:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,000They did a whole section on this.32400:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,160So first one that I have up is a32500:08:54,160 --> 00:08:55,320fixed lens.32600:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,040And so this is basically a32700:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,440Fresnel lens that is not moving.32800:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,840And so you don't have a focused32900:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,240singular beam.33000:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,080It's basically the light33100:09:07,080 --> 00:09:08,640protrudes out from every33200:09:08,640 --> 00:09:10,000direction of the Fresnel lens.33300:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,480So you can't have a bullseye.33400:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,840You have to have light available33500:09:14,840 --> 00:09:15,800from all angle.33600:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,240If you're sailing around the33700:09:17,240 --> 00:09:18,800lighthouse, it should never be a33800:09:18,800 --> 00:09:19,320flash.33900:09:19,320 --> 00:09:20,240There should never be any34000:09:20,680 --> 00:09:22,480discontinuation of the light34100:09:22,480 --> 00:09:23,040that you're seeing.34200:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,760So the fixed lens has like this34300:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,480donut around the middle instead34400:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,520of being broken up into bullseyes.34500:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,200It's just a bubble.34600:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,200It's like like what is it called34700:09:34,200 --> 00:09:35,320when you are swimming and you34800:09:35,320 --> 00:09:35,840have a tube?34900:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,520I can't think of it at the moment.35000:09:39,520 --> 00:09:40,280It's a donut tube.35100:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,400Like the like tire tubes that35200:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,720people used to go on the lazy35300:09:44,720 --> 00:09:45,120river.35400:09:45,120 --> 00:09:45,560Exactly.35500:09:45,560 --> 00:09:47,400That's what it reminds me of.35600:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,040But it's just like slightly35700:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,400convex.35800:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,600Convex.35900:09:54,600 --> 00:09:55,000Yes.36000:09:55,000 --> 00:09:55,320OK.36100:09:55,320 --> 00:09:56,600I think.36200:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,040From every side of that, you have36300:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,040the prisms that we're talking36400:10:02,040 --> 00:10:03,080about.36500:10:03,080 --> 00:10:04,280It's fun because in these pictures36600:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,600you can see the shape of them is36700:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,680that diopteric is just a36800:10:08,680 --> 00:10:09,960think of the triangle that's36900:10:09,960 --> 00:10:11,280straight on one side and then has37000:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,000to right triangle.37100:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,200Isometric.37200:10:14,200 --> 00:10:15,880Oh, man, we're really37300:10:15,880 --> 00:10:16,880challenging ourselves.37400:10:16,880 --> 00:10:18,680I could just move on and not say37500:10:18,680 --> 00:10:19,440anything.37600:10:19,440 --> 00:10:20,560Well, I wanted to say it's37700:10:20,560 --> 00:10:21,480interesting.37800:10:21,480 --> 00:10:22,560I don't mean to cut you off.37900:10:22,560 --> 00:10:23,320No, no.38000:10:23,320 --> 00:10:24,520We talked about the diagram38100:10:24,520 --> 00:10:24,840earlier.38200:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,400It was a cross section cut of a38300:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,080Fresnel lens.38400:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,720And I never realized that what38500:10:31,720 --> 00:10:32,560the attempt is.38600:10:32,560 --> 00:10:33,640You have your light source in the38700:10:33,640 --> 00:10:34,240center.38800:10:34,240 --> 00:10:34,760Yeah.38900:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,560And the attempt is to redirect39000:10:36,560 --> 00:10:37,720all of the light from the light39100:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,680source straight out39200:10:39,680 --> 00:10:43,280horizontally from all points on39300:10:43,280 --> 00:10:44,640the piece of glass that is the39400:10:44,640 --> 00:10:45,640Fresnel lens.39500:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,440I always thought of it as39600:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,120focusing the light to the center39700:10:49,120 --> 00:10:50,480point of the Fresnel lens.39800:10:50,480 --> 00:10:51,120Oh, yeah.39900:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,240Like as close as you get to a40000:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,240laser beam, to a direct beam.40100:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,360But really, so the actual beam40200:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,640height is several feet tall.40300:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,520What is this, like 12 feet tall?40400:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,240Rather than, you know, focus to40500:11:04,240 --> 00:11:05,200be as small as it can be.40600:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,800It's all of the light on a stack40700:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,360of light, if that makes any40800:11:09,360 --> 00:11:09,600sense.40900:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,320A column is going out rather41000:11:11,320 --> 00:11:12,200than a point.41100:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,120And just something else I was41200:11:15,120 --> 00:11:16,080going to say is that this first41300:11:16,080 --> 00:11:17,640picture, I believe, is a third41400:11:17,640 --> 00:11:18,800order lens.41500:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,120And the second picture is a41600:11:20,120 --> 00:11:20,760first order.41700:11:20,760 --> 00:11:21,960So you can just see the41800:11:21,960 --> 00:11:23,040difference in the amount of41900:11:23,040 --> 00:11:23,600prisms.42000:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,320They're all the same size.42100:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,000It's just that, you know, that42200:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,720one's so much bigger with so42300:11:28,720 --> 00:11:30,520many more that they look small.42400:11:30,520 --> 00:11:31,480I can't believe the work that42500:11:31,480 --> 00:11:32,560must be involved in getting42600:11:32,560 --> 00:11:33,040these polished.42700:11:33,040 --> 00:11:33,960I know.42800:11:33,960 --> 00:11:35,320Gosh, I know.42900:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,000It's not sometimes.43000:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,360It's often.43100:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,000Next one that I'm showing is a43200:11:40,000 --> 00:11:40,880flashing lens.43300:11:40,880 --> 00:11:42,520So you have your bull's eyes and43400:11:42,520 --> 00:11:43,840all of them are curved.43500:11:43,840 --> 00:11:44,880And obviously this is going to43600:11:44,880 --> 00:11:46,800be like a lot more expensive43700:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,320over process to make than just43800:11:49,320 --> 00:11:50,200the straight ones.43900:11:50,200 --> 00:11:51,080Yeah.44000:11:51,080 --> 00:11:52,360Yeah, this is just a flashing44100:11:52,360 --> 00:11:52,560lens.44200:11:52,560 --> 00:11:57,080So each time the this Fresnel44300:11:57,080 --> 00:11:58,400lens, this is also first order,44400:11:58,400 --> 00:11:59,960as you can tell by the sheer44500:11:59,960 --> 00:12:02,880size of it, it rotates and it44600:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,480could be on clockwork mechanism44700:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,120or the used beds of mercury or44800:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,960whatever, which has been showing44900:12:08,960 --> 00:12:10,640up a lot in the lighthouses that45000:12:10,640 --> 00:12:11,920I've been looking at the beds of45100:12:11,920 --> 00:12:12,360mercury.45200:12:12,360 --> 00:12:13,240It's not.45300:12:13,240 --> 00:12:14,320I remember we were talking to45400:12:14,320 --> 00:12:15,200somebody who said that it45500:12:15,200 --> 00:12:16,200wasn't common.45600:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,000And I was like, I don't know.45700:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,600I've just been hearing a lot.45800:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,640Yeah, I've seen those pop up a45900:12:21,640 --> 00:12:21,960lot.46000:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,000So I think we were talking46100:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,280specifically about maybe I'll46200:12:26,280 --> 00:12:27,240learn some more things.46300:12:27,240 --> 00:12:29,800But Fred Stonehouse, isn't it?46400:12:29,800 --> 00:12:30,160Yeah.46500:12:30,160 --> 00:12:31,080Author's name.46600:12:31,080 --> 00:12:32,480He had him on the podcast.46700:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,640We were talking about standard46800:12:35,640 --> 00:12:37,200rock on Lake Superior.46900:12:38,200 --> 00:12:39,360I think we were talking mostly47000:12:39,360 --> 00:12:40,200about Lake Superior47100:12:40,200 --> 00:12:41,280Lighthouses.47200:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,000I think his comment was47300:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,280suggesting that there are not47400:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,720mercury beds used on those47500:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,000lighthouses and maybe.47600:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,520I don't know, maybe that's local47700:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,280or maybe there's hit or miss.47800:12:52,280 --> 00:12:53,640That would make sense just47900:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,160because they're smaller lenses,48000:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,280just like usually fourth order48100:12:58,280 --> 00:12:59,480on lakes and stuff.48200:12:59,480 --> 00:12:59,720Yeah.48300:12:59,720 --> 00:13:01,360And so maybe work would be fine.48400:13:01,360 --> 00:13:01,720Yeah.48500:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,000You wouldn't you wouldn't have48600:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,080to work quite so hard in order48700:13:06,080 --> 00:13:07,840to make it rotate where the48800:13:07,840 --> 00:13:09,400mercury bed was basically so48900:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,560that it could smoothly rotate49000:13:11,560 --> 00:13:13,560without putting so much pressure49100:13:13,560 --> 00:13:16,000on or having a huge clockwork49200:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,640come off the grease.49300:13:17,640 --> 00:13:19,960Yeah, exactly.49400:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,400So, yeah, it's basically.49500:13:22,400 --> 00:13:23,680Oh, cool.49600:13:23,680 --> 00:13:24,040I'm sorry.49700:13:24,040 --> 00:13:25,120I'm pointing at the screen now,49800:13:25,120 --> 00:13:26,640too, without saying anything.49900:13:26,640 --> 00:13:28,000There's on the wall in this50000:13:28,000 --> 00:13:28,960image we're looking at, there's50100:13:28,960 --> 00:13:30,160a focus light.50200:13:30,160 --> 00:13:31,720I don't know if it's50300:13:31,720 --> 00:13:33,480just coming through or.50400:13:33,480 --> 00:13:34,880I'm thinking there's probably50500:13:34,880 --> 00:13:35,960a light on the inside that's50600:13:35,960 --> 00:13:37,400showing, but it's showing up50700:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,200as a big bullseye on the wall.50800:13:39,200 --> 00:13:39,440Yeah.50900:13:39,440 --> 00:13:40,560And then stretched out51000:13:40,560 --> 00:13:41,480many feet tall.51100:13:41,480 --> 00:13:42,520So cool.51200:13:42,520 --> 00:13:43,200Cool.51300:13:43,200 --> 00:13:43,480Yeah.51400:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,080So basically this rotates51500:13:45,080 --> 00:13:46,600and the flashes that you see51600:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,680from the Fresnel lens are51700:13:48,680 --> 00:13:50,920the light focusing through51800:13:50,920 --> 00:13:52,120this bullseye.51900:13:52,120 --> 00:13:53,600So in between them,52000:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,080you would still see the light,52100:13:55,080 --> 00:13:56,840but it's focused whenever you52200:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,000hit that bullseye lens.52300:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,640So you'd be able to see that52400:13:59,640 --> 00:14:00,920there's it's not like52500:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,360the flashing lens like this.52600:14:03,360 --> 00:14:04,680It's not like you would see no52700:14:04,680 --> 00:14:05,760light at all at the top52800:14:05,760 --> 00:14:06,800of the lighthouse.52900:14:06,800 --> 00:14:07,440And then all of a sudden,53000:14:07,440 --> 00:14:08,120there's this brilliant53100:14:08,120 --> 00:14:08,800flash of light.53200:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,920It's like there's light up there53300:14:10,920 --> 00:14:12,920and then a focused beam.53400:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,160And the focus beams come out53500:14:15,160 --> 00:14:16,640perpendicular from the face53600:14:16,640 --> 00:14:18,200of each of these flat faces.53700:14:18,200 --> 00:14:19,240Yeah.53800:14:19,240 --> 00:14:20,480So what's the material53900:14:20,480 --> 00:14:21,680in between that joins them?54000:14:21,680 --> 00:14:23,080You told me this time ago.54100:14:23,080 --> 00:14:24,160Brass.54200:14:24,160 --> 00:14:25,880So brass joins the panels54300:14:25,880 --> 00:14:27,360of glass together.54400:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,120Right. Because I'm not sure.54500:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,600I don't know why either.54600:14:31,600 --> 00:14:32,480There's got to be some reason.54700:14:32,480 --> 00:14:33,600I know brass is expensive.54800:14:33,600 --> 00:14:34,560Maybe there's some property.54900:14:34,560 --> 00:14:35,400We haven't got to be.55000:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,880Yeah, because I'm thinking55100:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,120for lenses have got to get55200:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,000really hot, don't they?55300:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,280Or maybe it does.55400:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,280I feel like but then any focused55500:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,720light is really hot.55600:14:45,720 --> 00:14:46,680Yeah.55700:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,520But I also read that light55800:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,200doesn't lose energy55900:14:50,200 --> 00:14:51,440moving through a prism.56000:14:51,440 --> 00:14:52,800So would it get hot?56100:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,000Technically, I don't think so.56200:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,240But if there are any media.56300:14:59,240 --> 00:15:00,240Well, we talked about56400:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,160lighthouse keepers have cleaned.56500:15:02,160 --> 00:15:03,360Yeah, there's no way.56600:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,080Religiously cleaned it, probably.56700:15:05,080 --> 00:15:06,040If there's any media56800:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,280that would that would hinder it,56900:15:07,280 --> 00:15:08,040it would make it darker,57000:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,080but also pick up heat.57100:15:09,080 --> 00:15:10,080Yeah. But then they would also57200:15:10,080 --> 00:15:11,120probably clean it57300:15:11,120 --> 00:15:12,920during the day when it's not on.57400:15:12,920 --> 00:15:14,000Yeah.57500:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,400Because a lot of Fresnel lenses,57600:15:15,400 --> 00:15:16,520you have to open them57700:15:16,520 --> 00:15:17,440to get to the light.57800:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,880There's like a panel that opens57900:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,000or like I'm about to show58000:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,880a clamshell or bivalve.58100:15:23,880 --> 00:15:25,160And those just open58200:15:25,160 --> 00:15:29,000just two sides like a like a book.58300:15:29,000 --> 00:15:29,800Cool.58400:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,000OK, so this is a bivalve58500:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,640or a clamshell lens.58600:15:34,640 --> 00:15:36,360So if we ever talk about bivalve58700:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,440or clamshell, the same thing.58800:15:38,440 --> 00:15:40,000It basically is just two58900:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,080very large bullseyes59000:15:42,080 --> 00:15:43,000across from each other.59100:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,080And the light goes in the middle.59200:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,280So you'd have two flashes59300:15:46,280 --> 00:15:47,600when it does, when it finishes59400:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,080an entire rotation.59500:15:49,080 --> 00:15:49,680And that's it.59600:15:49,680 --> 00:15:51,760So this first picture is59700:15:51,760 --> 00:15:52,920from the lighthouse59800:15:52,920 --> 00:15:54,040that we're talking about today.59900:15:54,040 --> 00:15:54,800Absolutely gorgeous.60000:15:54,800 --> 00:15:56,880That's a three and a half order.60100:15:56,880 --> 00:15:58,080An awesome picture.60200:15:58,080 --> 00:15:59,520And that was in 1989.60300:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,000So it's kind of fantastic.60400:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,960Very, very good photo.60500:16:02,960 --> 00:16:04,760But yeah, so that just opens60600:16:04,760 --> 00:16:06,080those are beautiful from the side.60700:16:06,080 --> 00:16:07,440It's like there's a hinge on one side.60800:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,120I mean, just like60900:16:09,120 --> 00:16:10,320crack it open like a book61000:16:10,320 --> 00:16:11,160to get to the.61100:16:11,160 --> 00:16:11,800Yeah.61200:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,600If you more often like there61300:16:14,600 --> 00:16:15,840a long time ago when there was61400:16:15,840 --> 00:16:17,000flame on the inside,61500:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,320you'd have to open it often61600:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,400to light it or clean it61700:16:20,400 --> 00:16:21,800or refill the oil61800:16:21,800 --> 00:16:22,720or something like that.61900:16:22,720 --> 00:16:24,840So these were very easy62000:16:24,840 --> 00:16:25,800to get access to,62100:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,000but it would require a lot of weight62200:16:28,000 --> 00:16:28,920on this hinge.62300:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,360And so, you know,62400:16:30,360 --> 00:16:31,120the hardware is going62500:16:31,120 --> 00:16:31,960to be really impressive.62600:16:31,960 --> 00:16:33,120Yeah, exactly.62700:16:33,120 --> 00:16:34,800Because it can't imagine62800:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,360it fails in your62900:16:37,360 --> 00:16:38,880very expensive, very important.63000:16:38,880 --> 00:16:39,600Yeah.63100:16:39,600 --> 00:16:40,600And then the lights down63200:16:40,600 --> 00:16:41,520for a long time.63300:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,480That's a no go.63400:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,520A lot of pressure under pressure.63500:16:46,520 --> 00:16:47,920Well, thank you.63600:16:47,920 --> 00:16:49,480And both of them have this bar63700:16:49,480 --> 00:16:50,960down the middle of the bulls eye.63800:16:50,960 --> 00:16:52,040Is that a structural?63900:16:52,040 --> 00:16:53,360It's got to be.64000:16:53,360 --> 00:16:54,760Yeah, like just because64100:16:54,760 --> 00:16:56,280there's so much weight.64200:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,040You don't have multiple supports64300:16:59,040 --> 00:17:00,600like the other lenses.64400:17:00,600 --> 00:17:01,840These is just like64500:17:01,840 --> 00:17:02,840I feel like a lot of pressure64600:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,680would be on this bulls eye lens.64700:17:04,680 --> 00:17:06,200And eventually they had to64800:17:06,200 --> 00:17:07,520add a little support in there.64900:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,280Technically, the very best shape65000:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,200of any structure to65100:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,320distribute stress is a circle65200:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,360or well, technically a sphere.65300:17:16,360 --> 00:17:18,120But a circle is a really good way65400:17:18,120 --> 00:17:19,320a band, if you will,65500:17:19,320 --> 00:17:20,320to distribute stress65600:17:20,320 --> 00:17:21,800when designing something.65700:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,160So that would allow them to.65800:17:24,160 --> 00:17:25,520I think they knew that at this time.65900:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,920Yeah, that way.66000:17:27,920 --> 00:17:29,320Next one I'm showing is66100:17:29,320 --> 00:17:31,280group flashing, which is a66200:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,840light characteristic.66300:17:32,840 --> 00:17:33,840I've also called this one66400:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,560double bulls eye rock of ages.66500:17:36,560 --> 00:17:38,680Yeah, I don't know what that is.66600:17:38,680 --> 00:17:39,720Find out.66700:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,040Start point England.66800:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,080Oh, yeah, a lot of these are not66900:17:42,080 --> 00:17:43,600from within the US as well.67000:17:43,600 --> 00:17:44,680So I have some examples67100:17:44,680 --> 00:17:45,960that are not especially67200:17:45,960 --> 00:17:46,880because one of these lenses67300:17:46,880 --> 00:17:48,080that I'm going to talk about,67400:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,600I don't think we have any in the US.67500:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,760And so all the examples from Ireland.67600:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,440But anyway, group flashing67700:17:55,440 --> 00:17:56,960just means that you see67800:17:56,960 --> 00:17:58,920more than one flash67900:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,040before there's the eclipse.68000:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,680So you'll see two fast flashes68100:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,000and then a moment68200:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,920where there's no flashing.68300:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,000So other lenses rotating probably.68400:18:09,000 --> 00:18:09,920It's exactly what it sounds like.68500:18:09,920 --> 00:18:10,680Group flashing.68600:18:10,680 --> 00:18:11,200You see more.68700:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,440There's a group of flashes68800:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,160and then a period of darkness.68900:18:14,160 --> 00:18:15,160So the way that this affects69000:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,800the Fresnel lens is that69100:18:16,800 --> 00:18:17,840you can't have the lens69200:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,960separated evenly69300:18:19,960 --> 00:18:20,720by bullseyes.69400:18:20,720 --> 00:18:21,640You have to have them69500:18:21,640 --> 00:18:22,520smashed together,69600:18:22,520 --> 00:18:23,360which is how you end up69700:18:23,360 --> 00:18:24,720with a double bullseye.69800:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,280Basically like a nucleus,69900:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,520like of two bullseyes.70000:18:30,520 --> 00:18:31,360Two little eyes70100:18:31,360 --> 00:18:31,880smacked together.70200:18:31,880 --> 00:18:32,920It looks like an owl's face.70300:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,200Yeah, like a fish.70400:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,240So this one on the left would be70500:18:38,240 --> 00:18:39,960two equivalent flashes,70600:18:39,960 --> 00:18:40,640it looks like.70700:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,160And on the right,70800:18:42,160 --> 00:18:43,720I'm looking at a half circle70900:18:43,720 --> 00:18:44,560and then a full circle.71000:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,920So maybe if they were rotating71100:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,520a very fast flash71200:18:48,520 --> 00:18:49,800and then a longer flash,71300:18:49,800 --> 00:18:50,640like I don't know71400:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,160that it'd be faster.71500:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,840It would be less bright,71600:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,600I would guess.71700:18:56,600 --> 00:18:57,080I don't know.71800:18:57,080 --> 00:18:57,960Half full, half full.71900:18:57,960 --> 00:18:59,600Maybe if I can find a video of it.72000:18:59,600 --> 00:19:00,120This is yeah.72100:19:00,120 --> 00:19:00,680And we're looking at72200:19:00,680 --> 00:19:02,040Start Point England.72300:19:02,040 --> 00:19:02,840Yeah.72400:19:02,840 --> 00:19:03,840Yeah, that's cool.72500:19:03,840 --> 00:19:05,240I've never we've looked at72600:19:05,240 --> 00:19:06,560Fresnel lenses many times72700:19:06,560 --> 00:19:07,440for this podcast,72800:19:07,440 --> 00:19:08,920and I've never really paid72900:19:08,920 --> 00:19:09,760this much attention.73000:19:09,760 --> 00:19:11,000Yeah, it's very cool.73100:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,240And plus this this one's neat73200:19:13,240 --> 00:19:14,720because it's not it's in a very73300:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,480irregular shape of lens.73400:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,640There's no it's not symmetrical73500:19:19,640 --> 00:19:20,160or anything.73600:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,760It's very I guess actually73700:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,200the double the first picture73800:19:23,200 --> 00:19:24,520is symmetrical,73900:19:24,520 --> 00:19:25,400but it's goofy.74000:19:25,400 --> 00:19:25,920Yeah.74100:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,960Also, group flashing is74200:19:28,960 --> 00:19:29,960the lens that was in74300:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,040Point Arena Lighthouse,74400:19:31,040 --> 00:19:31,760which is the last one74500:19:31,760 --> 00:19:33,320that I covered.74600:19:33,320 --> 00:19:34,640This is the one that I was talking74700:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,240about that's in Ireland.74800:19:36,240 --> 00:19:37,800Two very cool examples,74900:19:37,800 --> 00:19:38,880one of them very old,75000:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,040a first order by form lens,75100:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,840which sounds like what we talked75200:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,000about for Sweden by form.75300:19:47,000 --> 00:19:47,800Oh, yeah.75400:19:47,800 --> 00:19:49,480But I'm not sure exactly75500:19:49,480 --> 00:19:50,480how that would have worked75600:19:50,480 --> 00:19:51,920because one of them was fixed75700:19:51,920 --> 00:19:53,480and one of them was rotating.75800:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,200So it must not have been like this.75900:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,040It probably just in translation76000:19:58,040 --> 00:19:59,720probably still meant two lights.76100:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,440But anyway, by form is two76200:20:02,440 --> 00:20:03,680Fresnel lenses stacked76300:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,040on top of each other76400:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,160and then usually rotating.76500:20:07,160 --> 00:20:08,840And so what what's the purpose?76600:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,440You'd have to flash.76700:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,960It's just one flash you would see,76800:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,360but it's twice as intense or76900:20:15,360 --> 00:20:17,200it is colors at once.77000:20:17,200 --> 00:20:18,320It's interesting because I'm77100:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,000I'm not.77200:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,800Totally sure if it's to make more light77300:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,760or if it's like if you have a tall ship77400:20:24,760 --> 00:20:25,600and a little ship,77500:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,120maybe it'd be easier to see for both.77600:20:29,120 --> 00:20:30,160I'm not really sure77700:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,200because it's not like you'd see two beams.77800:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,960Well, a light comes from a point, right?77900:20:34,960 --> 00:20:36,200So from any lighthouse,78000:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,080it comes from the point,78100:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,200which is the lighthouse is the source.78200:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,000So if you wanted it to be78300:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,960brighter, this might be one of the options78400:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,400because you can't put lights78500:20:46,400 --> 00:20:47,240next to each other.78600:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,120They would contradict in one plane78700:20:49,120 --> 00:20:49,600or the other.78800:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,160One would block the other.78900:20:51,160 --> 00:20:52,160True revolving.79000:20:52,160 --> 00:20:52,480Yeah.79100:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,040So if there were one on top of the other,79200:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,440they would never be blocked.79300:20:55,440 --> 00:20:56,040Right.79400:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,080And they'd both be visible.79500:20:58,080 --> 00:20:59,640But I think you would actually79600:20:59,640 --> 00:21:00,920have two light sources.79700:21:00,920 --> 00:21:01,520I don't think.79800:21:01,520 --> 00:21:02,480Yeah, definitely.79900:21:02,480 --> 00:21:04,440And one bulb or one flame would.80000:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,320And any time they have stacked80100:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,120lenses like this,80200:21:07,120 --> 00:21:09,240there's a floor in between them80300:21:09,240 --> 00:21:10,120for people to stand on80400:21:10,120 --> 00:21:11,440so you can access the top80500:21:11,440 --> 00:21:12,840and the bottom lens.80600:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,160Anyways, this is really neat.80700:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,280Yeah. And the second one.80800:21:15,280 --> 00:21:16,200The same lens.80900:21:16,200 --> 00:21:17,120No, these are different.81000:21:17,120 --> 00:21:20,080This was, I think.81100:21:20,080 --> 00:21:20,880Ireland.81200:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,160Really early on.81300:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,720The second one is a current lens.81400:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,960They're both clamshell lenses,81500:21:26,960 --> 00:21:27,640which I thought was cool.81600:21:27,640 --> 00:21:28,080Oh, cool.81700:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,200A bi-form clamshell lens.81800:21:30,200 --> 00:21:31,000I feel like people are just81900:21:31,000 --> 00:21:31,720getting fancy at this point.82000:21:31,720 --> 00:21:32,200I know.82100:21:32,200 --> 00:21:32,920They're like, what can we do?82200:21:32,920 --> 00:21:33,880That's different.82300:21:33,880 --> 00:21:34,960I'm going to put three of them82400:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,440on top of one another.82500:21:36,440 --> 00:21:37,680We're going to make the whole tower82600:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,760out of Fresnel lenses.82700:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,120Yeah, I'm sad we don't have any82800:21:41,120 --> 00:21:42,000of these in the U.S.82900:21:42,000 --> 00:21:42,560Maybe we do.83000:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,280And I just haven't been able to find any.83100:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,000But so far, it's only been in Ireland83200:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,200that I've seen some.83300:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,320I followed one on Instagram.83400:21:50,320 --> 00:21:53,920It's called Old Head Lighthouse in Kinsale.83500:21:53,920 --> 00:21:54,520I don't know.83600:21:54,520 --> 00:21:55,680But I followed them on Instagram.83700:21:55,680 --> 00:21:57,360They have some cool videos83800:21:57,360 --> 00:21:58,880of the lens rotating.83900:21:58,880 --> 00:22:00,040It's really neat.84000:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,800And our last example is the group occulting lens.84100:22:03,800 --> 00:22:04,800This one was on the USLA,84200:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,960just doesn't have a location on it.84300:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,520So I'm not sure where it was from.84400:22:10,520 --> 00:22:11,880But I thought this was really cool84500:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,960because it's I can't tell84600:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,640if this panel that's in between84700:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,280the two lights is see through84800:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,640or if it's brass like brass to me.84900:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,360Yeah, I think I think you're right.85000:22:25,360 --> 00:22:26,960It's like a surprised owl.85100:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,800Yeah, he's like, whoa.85200:22:30,120 --> 00:22:31,240But yeah, basically,85300:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,040what we're looking at is85400:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,720there's a bullseye that's interrupted by85500:22:36,040 --> 00:22:37,880it is basically like they took out85600:22:37,880 --> 00:22:39,800a panel of the Fresnel lens85700:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,160and put in some brass.85800:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,640So you would actually not see any light85900:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,520from this angle whenever the panel moved by.86000:22:46,760 --> 00:22:48,400And that's another thing I saw86100:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,680with flashing lights is that occasionally86200:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,160they would have a fixed Fresnel lens86300:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,080and then would have a rotating86400:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,640like mechanism around the outside of metal plates.86500:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,200And so it would as it rotated,86600:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,080you'd see these moments of darkness86700:23:05,080 --> 00:23:06,520where there was a metal plate86800:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,600crossing over your line of vision.86900:23:08,840 --> 00:23:10,680And so they would simulate87000:23:10,680 --> 00:23:12,520having a flashing Fresnel lens by87100:23:12,520 --> 00:23:13,680having this rotating,87200:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,240which I think would be a lot cheaper.87300:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,360So, yeah, well, it'd be a lot easier87400:23:17,360 --> 00:23:19,920to have a smaller item rotate than the larger.87500:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,400Definitely. And also like87600:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,680way back in the day before Fresnel lenses,87700:23:25,680 --> 00:23:26,880I can't remember the name of it,87800:23:26,880 --> 00:23:28,560but there was a reflective plate87900:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,640that would go behind a candle88000:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,920or whatever the light source was a lamp88100:23:33,120 --> 00:23:34,680and the plate would be what moved88200:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,600in the same the same fashion. Yeah.88300:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,280Much dimmer than our88400:23:40,680 --> 00:23:41,800current Fresnel lenses.88500:23:41,800 --> 00:23:43,360But it's the same concept.88600:23:43,360 --> 00:23:44,560That's cool. Yeah.88700:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,440And occulting, we've covered this,88800:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,600but occulting just means that there are88900:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,080moments of darkness, like, you know,89000:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,120a flashing lens is usually like it's dark89100:23:53,120 --> 00:23:54,280and then there's a bright flashlight89200:23:54,280 --> 00:23:55,320and then it goes dark again.89300:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,600But this one's like it's mostly lit89400:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,480and then small moments of darkness89500:23:59,480 --> 00:24:00,640and then lit again.89600:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,080And it's different than if you were looked at.89700:24:03,120 --> 00:24:05,520Well, if you looked89800:24:06,120 --> 00:24:08,080at a nearby light lighthouse89900:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,480and you could see a constant light90000:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,920and then a flash, the flash90100:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,360is obviously the concentrated90200:24:14,360 --> 00:24:17,200Fresnel panel, but the constant light90300:24:17,200 --> 00:24:18,880is meaning that it's not technically90400:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,400occulting because it's not blocked90500:24:20,400 --> 00:24:21,800by something. Exactly.90600:24:21,800 --> 00:24:22,840Yeah. And that's all of it.90700:24:22,840 --> 00:24:24,480I have one more picture.90800:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,400This is where I'm going to complain.90900:24:26,840 --> 00:24:28,720Did I? So you remember the other day91000:24:28,720 --> 00:24:29,480when I told you91100:24:30,400 --> 00:24:31,640that the worst thing in the world91200:24:31,640 --> 00:24:32,560just happened to me91300:24:32,560 --> 00:24:33,840and I was going to tell you about it later.91400:24:33,840 --> 00:24:35,160Yeah, but you couldn't tell me at the time.91500:24:35,160 --> 00:24:36,800Yeah. This is what it is.91600:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,320Yes. Where this light is somewhere91700:24:39,320 --> 00:24:40,240where you already have been.91800:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,520Yes. I in Hawaii.91900:24:44,120 --> 00:24:45,240My mom said.92000:24:46,440 --> 00:24:47,920Oh, you get to pick.92100:24:47,920 --> 00:24:48,840I got to say her name.92200:24:48,840 --> 00:24:49,680Oh, mom.92300:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,280You get to pick any lighthouse,92400:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,440just one that the whole family will go to.92500:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,200And I was like, oh, we'll just go to92600:24:58,200 --> 00:24:59,120Barber's Point.92700:24:59,120 --> 00:25:00,680It's it was the closest to us.92800:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,400You didn't have to hike to get there.92900:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,640This one had like a total93000:25:04,640 --> 00:25:05,880of two hours of hiking,93100:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,160which would have been fine.93200:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,200And the drive was maybe an hour93300:25:09,200 --> 00:25:10,160away from our Airbnb.93400:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,640So, you know, all together,93500:25:11,640 --> 00:25:12,880I would have been inconveniencing93600:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,000my family more by deciding93700:25:14,000 --> 00:25:14,880to go to this lighthouse.93800:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,280But what you're looking at93900:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,520is the only hyper radial lens94000:25:21,760 --> 00:25:23,880that is in the US in Hawaii.94100:25:23,880 --> 00:25:27,240And I was I was a singular94200:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,280self made decision away94300:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,800from seeing it because it's still there.94400:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,400It's still the functioning94500:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,440hyper radiant lens.94600:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,280And I just missed out.94700:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,560I just I just missed out.94800:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,800I decided to not go.94900:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,200I have to go back to Hawaii.95000:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,200It's so awful.95100:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,520I was just so close.95200:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,280And so for those watching the video,95300:25:52,280 --> 00:25:53,920I have pictures up of95400:25:54,320 --> 00:25:55,480the little lighthouse.95500:25:55,480 --> 00:25:56,480It's on the edge of a cliff,95600:25:56,480 --> 00:25:57,560which is why it's so short95700:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,240and cute and stout.95800:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,280And the next picture95900:26:01,280 --> 00:26:02,520is a little bit of a close96000:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,360up of the lens96100:26:04,360 --> 00:26:05,200in the lighthouse.96200:26:05,200 --> 00:26:05,960And then the one after that96300:26:05,960 --> 00:26:06,800is an older picture96400:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,760of before it was put in.96500:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,800And there's a man standing next to it.96600:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,240This lens is 12 feet tall,96700:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,80012 tons in weight.96800:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,320It's pretty damn big.96900:26:20,240 --> 00:26:21,240Honestly, most explicit97000:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,040lighthouse podcast on the Internet.97100:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,720I I won't get over this97200:26:25,720 --> 00:26:27,880for a long time that I was a97300:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,200a decision of my own away97400:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,480from seeing the only hyper97500:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,640radiant lens in the US.97600:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,200And I said no.97700:26:37,200 --> 00:26:38,560It's 12 tons in weight.97800:26:38,560 --> 00:26:39,360Yeah.97900:26:39,360 --> 00:26:41,36024,000 pounds.98000:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,400I don't know how tall that guy is,98100:26:44,400 --> 00:26:45,440but it's probably98200:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,76012 feet across diameter.98300:26:48,760 --> 00:26:49,76012 feet tall.98400:26:51,080 --> 00:26:52,240So he's probably a little short.98500:26:52,240 --> 00:26:53,360He's not quite six foot.98600:26:53,360 --> 00:26:54,360Including the like.98700:26:54,360 --> 00:26:55,360With his bowler hat.98800:26:55,360 --> 00:26:56,840Including the top.98900:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,960I feel like it's about three times his height.99000:26:58,960 --> 00:26:59,960That is insane.99100:27:00,400 --> 00:27:01,080So why?99200:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,000Why is this a hyper radial?99300:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,280Hawaii just wanted to flex99400:27:04,280 --> 00:27:05,280on the rest of the US.99500:27:05,280 --> 00:27:06,280They're like, you know what?99600:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,120I think I'll cover this lighthouse,99700:27:08,120 --> 00:27:09,120I think.99800:27:09,120 --> 00:27:10,920OK, because it's very cool99900:27:10,920 --> 00:27:12,400that this lens is still in use100000:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,200and you have to hike to get there.100100:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,200This is not like you drive up to it.100200:27:16,680 --> 00:27:17,680You have to hike.100300:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,880And so someone has to hike out here.100400:27:19,880 --> 00:27:20,880It looks so cool.100500:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,480I know it looks like a glowing egg100600:27:23,480 --> 00:27:24,480of possibilities.100700:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,480Is that a is that a modern beacon?100800:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,560Yeah, it looks like a flame,100900:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,160but I know it's it's got to be101000:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,160like an LED or something color.101100:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,160Oh, man, that's incredible.101200:27:35,160 --> 00:27:36,160I'm so you missed out.101300:27:36,160 --> 00:27:37,160You screwed that one up.101400:27:37,160 --> 00:27:42,160I had been more educated on the subject.101500:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,160I absolutely would have been like,101600:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,160we're driving, we're hiking,101700:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,160and this area where the the cliff101800:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,160that this lighthouse is on is beautiful.101900:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,160People do the hike,102000:27:50,160 --> 00:27:51,160not for the lighthouse,102100:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,160to see the view.102200:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,160Oh, well, if only they knew,102300:27:56,160 --> 00:27:57,160then they would do it.102400:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,160So for those who are traveling102500:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,160soon to Hawaii, which island is this?102600:28:01,160 --> 00:28:02,160Oahu.102700:28:02,160 --> 00:28:03,160Oahu has this one.102800:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,160We're going to cover it soon at some point.102900:28:05,160 --> 00:28:06,160Oh, man.103000:28:06,160 --> 00:28:07,160Yeah, live.103100:28:07,160 --> 00:28:08,160Please live better.103200:28:08,160 --> 00:28:10,160Make better choices than I did.103300:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,160Point Barber's pretty cool.103400:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,160That's the one you saw.103500:28:12,160 --> 00:28:13,160Is that right?103600:28:13,160 --> 00:28:14,160Yeah, it doesn't have103700:28:14,160 --> 00:28:15,160a lantern room anymore.103800:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,160And so it's kind of a.103900:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,160This is so cool.104000:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,160I just can't believe.104100:28:23,160 --> 00:28:24,160I mean, Barber's Point is good.104200:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,160All lighthouses are special104300:28:26,160 --> 00:28:27,160and wonderful in their own ways.104400:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,160But I really.104500:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,160The big one.104600:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,160Past self screwed my my present self over.104700:28:35,160 --> 00:28:36,160Have to go back.104800:28:36,160 --> 00:28:37,160I will. I know.104900:28:37,160 --> 00:28:38,160Now I have to.105000:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,160So this is the way I can get you to go hiking.105100:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,160Yes, 100 percent.105200:28:42,160 --> 00:28:43,160All right. Noted.105300:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,160I would 100 percent have hiked that.105400:28:45,160 --> 00:28:46,160Goodness gracious.105500:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,160OK, so we're going to move on.105600:28:49,160 --> 00:28:50,160This is the end of our105700:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,160the longest history really of all time105800:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,160and going to move on to our lighthouse,105900:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,160which what we're covering today is Montauk106000:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,160Point in New York.106100:28:58,160 --> 00:28:59,160I've heard of it.106200:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,160New York.106300:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,160New York.106400:29:03,160 --> 00:29:04,160I don't know.106500:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,160Pretty sure there's a song that106600:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,160I wanted you to take it off from.106700:29:08,160 --> 00:29:09,160That might be Frank Sinatra.106800:29:09,160 --> 00:29:10,160I'm not sure.106900:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,160I just know about it from Madagascar.107000:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,160Anyway, so Montauk Point Lighthouse.107100:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,160People say that if you were only107200:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,160to ever see one lighthouse in your entire107300:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,160life, this would be the one to go to.107400:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,160Mm hmm.107500:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,160That's what they say.107600:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,160So not Boston Harbor Light,107700:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,160not Hatteras, Cape Hatteras.107800:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,160Honestly, this one's pretty old too.107900:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,160It's it's a triangle.108000:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,160It's basically it's like it's like the108100:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,160first lighthouse you would see as a108200:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,160immigrant or a settler coming from Europe.108300:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,160And so it was kind of like, you know, it108400:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,160has a lot of history and the Statue of108500:29:44,160 --> 00:29:45,160Liberty.108600:29:45,160 --> 00:29:46,160Well, you'd see that one after.108700:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,160I'll show you a map of what it looks like.108800:29:48,160 --> 00:29:49,160I thought I had you.108900:29:49,160 --> 00:29:52,160No, you thought you had me.109000:29:52,160 --> 00:29:56,160I'm the owner of this podcast,109100:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,160but I'm usually I'm often wrong, so I109200:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,160can't say that anyway.109300:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,160So I will show you.109400:30:02,160 --> 00:30:03,160That's really cool.109500:30:03,160 --> 00:30:04,160It's very nice.109600:30:04,160 --> 00:30:05,160That's legitimate.109700:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,160Aesthetically pleasing and all these rocks109800:30:07,160 --> 00:30:08,160that they have down there.109900:30:08,160 --> 00:30:09,160Three car garage.110000:30:09,160 --> 00:30:10,160Three car garage.110100:30:10,160 --> 00:30:11,160Oh, wow.110200:30:11,160 --> 00:30:12,160I didn't notice that.110300:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,160So the point.110400:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,160I'll show you a map a little bit later.110500:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,160It was originally named Turtle Hill or110600:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,160maybe it's still called Turtle Hill.110700:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,160The point it's Montauk Point,110800:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,160but I think the land that the lighthouse110900:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,160is built on is Turtle Hill.111000:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,160I haven't really been able to figure out111100:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,160if it's still Turtle Hill or if it's, you111200:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,160know, or if it was renamed to Montauk111300:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,160Point.111400:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,160But either way, the point is named after111500:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,160the local tribe of Montauk Indians or111600:30:41,160 --> 00:30:42,160Montaukette.111700:30:42,160 --> 00:30:43,160I don't know.111800:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,160There was a couple of different names for111900:30:45,160 --> 00:30:46,160the tribe.112000:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,160So I'll just go with Montauk Indians.112100:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,160The tribe was part of a confederation of112200:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,160four different tribes, and each of these112300:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,160tribes were led by four brothers.112400:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,160And so it's kind of a cool story, but112500:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,160their dad was a chief who was like112600:31:00,160 --> 00:31:01,160highly respected.112700:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,160And so they112800:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,160inherited authority and respect from112900:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,160other people and decided to separate113000:31:10,160 --> 00:31:13,160into these four tribes that met for like113100:31:13,160 --> 00:31:14,160like a democracy.113200:31:14,160 --> 00:31:15,160That's cool.113300:31:15,160 --> 00:31:16,160Yeah.113400:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,160And they controlled a large majority of113500:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,160Long Island when European settlers came113600:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,160in the 17th century.113700:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,160And here's a breakup of the Native113800:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,160American tribes, like what land they113900:31:27,160 --> 00:31:28,160controlled.114000:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,160And so Montaukette is down there.114100:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,160This is Long Island, and there's a part114200:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,160of it that's controlled by Montauk.114300:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,160And that's the point at the very, very114400:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,160tip of this section that's controlled by114500:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,160the Montauk Indians is Montauk.114600:31:40,160 --> 00:31:41,160Towards Block Island.114700:31:41,160 --> 00:31:42,160Yeah.114800:31:42,160 --> 00:31:43,160Which is another lighthouse.114900:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,160What?115000:31:44,160 --> 00:31:45,160Block Island lighthouse.115100:31:45,160 --> 00:31:46,160Oh, cool.115200:31:46,160 --> 00:31:47,160Pretty sure.115300:31:47,160 --> 00:31:48,160Cool.115400:31:48,160 --> 00:31:49,160Montaukette.115500:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,160Oh, pretty sure it's on the list.115600:31:51,160 --> 00:31:52,160I think it is.115700:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,160Oh, yeah, that's exciting.115800:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,160Well, I'm looking at Cape Cod over here.115900:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,160Plymouth, Boston, they're all on the map.116000:32:01,160 --> 00:32:02,160It's a big lighthouse area.116100:32:02,160 --> 00:32:03,160Yeah.116200:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,160Heavy in lighthouses.116300:32:06,160 --> 00:32:09,160So but actually, you know, the116400:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,160settlers came in 17th century.116500:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,160Besides the building of the lighthouse,116600:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,160this area remained largely untouched by116700:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,160colonists until close to the 1900s.116800:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,160So, yeah, it's like we built the lighthouse,116900:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,160but it wasn't populated with a bunch of people.117000:32:23,160 --> 00:32:24,160It was still.117100:32:24,160 --> 00:32:25,160That's surprising to me.117200:32:25,160 --> 00:32:26,160I thought this was the first populated area117300:32:26,160 --> 00:32:27,160of the U.S.117400:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,160Yeah, and it's just because it was Long Island.117500:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,160You know, it became populated further away,117600:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,160but since it was all out here, yeah, you're117700:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,160kind of, we didn't have a need for.117800:32:37,160 --> 00:32:38,160Now it's pretty packed these days.117900:32:38,160 --> 00:32:39,160Yeah.118000:32:39,160 --> 00:32:43,160Isn't Long Island like really rich area?118100:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,160It has some good iced tea out there.118200:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,160I cannot.118300:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,160I can't turn down a long.118400:32:49,160 --> 00:32:50,160I'm so funny.118500:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,160I think from what I understand, it's kind of118600:32:52,160 --> 00:32:56,160a escape from the city.118700:32:56,160 --> 00:32:57,160And I think it's a very wealthy area.118800:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,160That's nice.118900:32:58,160 --> 00:33:02,160For people who can afford to have homes out there as well.119000:33:02,160 --> 00:33:03,160That's my assumption.119100:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,160I've never been over big, nice houses.119200:33:05,160 --> 00:33:06,160Yeah.119300:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,160But actually, land only changed hands.119400:33:09,160 --> 00:33:13,160This land only changed hands three times in 300 years.119500:33:13,160 --> 00:33:14,160So.119600:33:14,160 --> 00:33:15,160Okay.119700:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,160Changed hands from Native Americans to settlers.119800:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,160Yeah.119900:33:19,160 --> 00:33:20,160And on and on.120000:33:20,160 --> 00:33:26,160But, you know, from 1655 to 1926, it only changed hands three times.120100:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,160So according to legend, the natives would light120200:33:29,160 --> 00:33:32,160fires on the tip of this point, a Montauk point,120300:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,160to summon chiefs and warriors to council.120400:33:34,160 --> 00:33:35,160Awesome.120500:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,160And following that in the Revolutionary War,120600:33:38,160 --> 00:33:42,160the British would light large bonfires at the end120700:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,160of the point to signal to their warships.120800:33:45,160 --> 00:33:49,160So naturally, the next beacon that would be placed on this point120900:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,160would be in the exact same spot.121000:33:51,160 --> 00:33:52,160And that's Montauk Point Lighthouse.121100:33:52,160 --> 00:33:53,160That's awesome.121200:33:53,160 --> 00:33:54,160Yeah.121300:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,160So it was used as a, not a lighthouse, but a beacon.121400:33:57,160 --> 00:33:58,160Yeah.121500:33:58,160 --> 00:33:59,160It was, yeah, definitely.121600:33:59,160 --> 00:34:00,160Before the lighthouse.121700:34:00,160 --> 00:34:01,160That's really neat.121800:34:01,160 --> 00:34:02,160Yep.121900:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,160So in 1792, so we're going far back, not as far back as like122000:34:05,160 --> 00:34:10,160Boston Light, but only like 80 years after that or something.122100:34:10,160 --> 00:34:14,160George Washington himself authorized the building of this lighthouse122200:34:14,160 --> 00:34:18,160due to the danger of the land posed to getting to the main ports.122300:34:18,160 --> 00:34:22,160And so here's a picture, a Google image of the land.122400:34:22,160 --> 00:34:26,160You can see New York, you know, where the Statue of Liberty is.122500:34:26,160 --> 00:34:27,160You have to pass this.122600:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,160You know, Long Island is kind of like if you're coming in,122700:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,160you would see Montauk Point Lighthouse before you would see122800:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,160Statue of Liberty are coming in.122900:34:35,160 --> 00:34:36,160It's not that it's more important.123000:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,160It's just that this is the indicator that you have a turning123100:34:39,160 --> 00:34:43,160where you either go into the sound or you're going up to Newport123200:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,160or you come to New York City.123300:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,160That's kind of where it tells you.123400:34:47,160 --> 00:34:50,160The builders made it like a fortress.123500:34:50,160 --> 00:34:54,160I don't know what happened, but the lowest bidder was selected.123600:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,160I believe it was $22,000 at this time.123700:34:57,160 --> 00:34:58,160That's a ton of money.123800:34:58,160 --> 00:35:02,160They built the foundation 13 feet deep.123900:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,160I was like, what?124000:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,160It's just an unbelievable amount of effort put in.124100:35:07,160 --> 00:35:08,160It's a lot of concrete.124200:35:08,160 --> 00:35:10,160For being the lowest bidder.124300:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,160And this is 1790 something.124400:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,160Yeah, 1792.124500:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,160That's significant.124600:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,160I mean, today, if you said 13 foot of concrete for a foundation,124700:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,160I'd be like, yeah, no problem.124800:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,160But you have some different methods.124900:35:22,160 --> 00:35:23,160And it's in there.125000:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,160I mean, you saw the picture earlier.125100:35:25,160 --> 00:35:26,160It's right on the edge of the point.125200:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,160So it makes sense that they would be like, this needs a lot of support.125300:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,160For the lowest bidder to put in that much effort.125400:35:31,160 --> 00:35:35,160And George Washington himself said he's quoted being like,125500:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,160this lighthouse is going to last a couple of centuries.125600:35:38,160 --> 00:35:39,160But you're like, whoa.125700:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,160Yeah, he's making some comment about the budget.125800:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,160Yeah, he's probably like, wow.125900:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,160He'd be right, because this lighthouse is still the original lighthouse126000:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,160that was built in the late 1700s.126100:35:49,160 --> 00:35:53,160The same guy who built this lighthouse also built Cape Henry lighthouse,126200:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,160which is another one that I really want to cover.126300:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,160He built that in 1791.126400:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,160So just before he built this one.126500:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,160And that one is still standing, even though it hasn't been touched126600:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,160in over a century.126700:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,160Where is it at? Cape Henry?126800:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,160Virginia.126900:36:08,160 --> 00:36:09,160I should look it up.127000:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,160But I didn't.127100:36:11,160 --> 00:36:15,160I started looking into it and I was like, no, no.127200:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,160We are focused on one lighthouse right now.127300:36:17,160 --> 00:36:20,160Do not get confuddled by looking up other lighthouses.127400:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,160But yeah, you can still climb it, too.127500:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,160It's not like it's decrepit and still standing.127600:36:25,160 --> 00:36:26,160It's like solid.127700:36:26,160 --> 00:36:27,160That's awesome.127800:36:27,160 --> 00:36:28,160Anyway.127900:36:28,160 --> 00:36:29,160Good for them.128000:36:29,160 --> 00:36:34,160Yeah, I know that guy that guy should get a medal for his engineering128100:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,160strong lighthouses.128200:36:36,160 --> 00:36:41,160Construction only took five months and it was lit November 5th, 1796.128300:36:41,160 --> 00:36:44,160So four years away from the fast turn of the century.128400:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,160It was the first lighthouse in New York State.128500:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,160Proceeded a lot of new a lot of different lighthouses.128600:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,160But this is the first one.128700:36:51,160 --> 00:36:55,160The tower is octagonal and made with red Connecticut sandstone.128800:36:55,160 --> 00:36:59,160It was originally 78 feet tall and all white.128900:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,160But as you saw in the picture now, it has a red band around it.129000:37:02,160 --> 00:37:03,160That happened in 1899.129100:37:03,160 --> 00:37:09,160So that was 100 years after it was originally built that they changed its day129200:37:09,160 --> 00:37:10,160mark.129300:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,160Here's what it originally looked like.129400:37:12,160 --> 00:37:18,160This picture was in 1884, which is the earliest photo I found in the US.129500:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,160I'm sure there's earlier ones, but 1884.129600:37:21,160 --> 00:37:26,160I think the earliest picture I had seen from them was 1899.129700:37:26,160 --> 00:37:31,160I think that must have been incredible at the time to take a photo, to build129800:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,160that the photo as well.129900:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,160Look at the foghorn coming out of the.130000:37:35,160 --> 00:37:36,160Oh, yeah.130100:37:36,160 --> 00:37:41,160The foghorn looks like it's several feet, like a tall as that guy coming out of130200:37:41,160 --> 00:37:47,160the I assume that's where the steam whistle or foghorn is that anyway.130300:37:47,160 --> 00:37:52,160The first head keeper was 64 year old Jacob Hand.130400:37:52,160 --> 00:37:56,160So he should be retiring and he's not.130500:37:56,160 --> 00:38:03,160And he got the job on the stipulation that his grandson Jared would help him as130600:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,160an assistant keeper without getting paid.130700:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,160It was like a package deal.130800:38:07,160 --> 00:38:08,160Yeah.130900:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,160To two in the family for one price.131000:38:10,160 --> 00:38:11,160Yeah.131100:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,160So Jacob served for 16 years.131200:38:13,160 --> 00:38:17,160This guy was 80 by the time he decided to stop being a lighthouse keeper.131300:38:17,160 --> 00:38:18,160Really impressive.131400:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,160You think about your grandpa.131500:38:20,160 --> 00:38:21,160No.131600:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,160Climbing the lighthouse several times a day.131700:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,160It's just mind blowing.131800:38:25,160 --> 00:38:27,160I can't especially back then.131900:38:27,160 --> 00:38:30,160Sixty four was not the 64 that it is today.132000:38:30,160 --> 00:38:31,160No.132100:38:31,160 --> 00:38:36,160And I want to know what he did all that time to be 64 and still be physically132200:38:36,160 --> 00:38:40,160able to do all this hard work for 16 years.132300:38:40,160 --> 00:38:41,160It's crazy.132400:38:41,160 --> 00:38:42,160Crazy.132500:38:42,160 --> 00:38:48,160But he suggested around being 80 that Jared take over the running of the132600:38:48,160 --> 00:38:53,160lighthouse and President Thomas Jefferson said no because he was like I132700:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,160don't want lighthouse keepers to be hereditary.132800:38:56,160 --> 00:38:59,160I don't want this to be a job where you pass it on to your son and nobody132900:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,160else can do it.133000:39:01,160 --> 00:39:03,160It's like he's going to have to apply like everybody else.133100:39:03,160 --> 00:39:08,160But naturally Jared's been working at the lighthouse as a keeper for 16 years133200:39:08,160 --> 00:39:09,160of his life.133300:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,160It's a pretty good resume for the job application.133400:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,160Yeah.133500:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,160So naturally he beat out everybody and became headkeeper.133600:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,160It's just a natural turn of events.133700:39:17,160 --> 00:39:18,160Well good.133800:39:18,160 --> 00:39:21,160I mean it's good that they actually did a job.133900:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,160I don't know what it looked like at that time but a job hunt.134000:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,160You know they posted on LinkedIn.134100:39:25,160 --> 00:39:26,160Yeah.134200:39:26,160 --> 00:39:27,160You had to fill out the application.134300:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,160No nepotism.134400:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,160Had to do a security check.134500:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,160Yeah.134600:39:32,160 --> 00:39:33,160Background check.134700:39:33,160 --> 00:39:34,160Credit check.134800:39:34,160 --> 00:39:38,160So that was in 1812 when he took over the station already like in this picture134900:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,160you can see there's a couple of buildings.135000:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,160Three and then the foghorn building.135100:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,160I spy four.135200:39:46,160 --> 00:39:47,160I meant three and the foghorn.135300:39:47,160 --> 00:39:48,160Oh oh excuse me.135400:39:48,160 --> 00:39:49,160Excuse me.135500:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,160Again once again I thought I had you.135600:39:51,160 --> 00:39:55,160So I was going to complain because I was reading online that there was so many135700:39:55,160 --> 00:39:56,160keepers dwellings.135800:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,160It was like they built a new one every 10 years or something.135900:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,160I'm like where are these buildings coming from?136000:40:02,160 --> 00:40:07,160But I think originally when they said there were three keepers dwellings around136100:40:07,160 --> 00:40:13,160this I think what they're referring to are there were three buildings.136200:40:13,160 --> 00:40:18,160They were the oldest buildings in New York or something like built in the 1700s136300:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,160and they were for livestock.136400:40:20,160 --> 00:40:25,160So people this land you could bring your livestock to graze and then take them136500:40:25,160 --> 00:40:26,160back.136600:40:26,160 --> 00:40:31,160And so there were buildings where keepers would tend to the livestock and watch136700:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,160over the livestock.136800:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,160But they weren't lighthouse keepers.136900:40:36,160 --> 00:40:37,160They were livestock keepers.137000:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,160And so I think that's where I got confused.137100:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,160I was like why is there so many keepers cottages?137200:40:41,160 --> 00:40:44,160And it was for a different purpose.137300:40:44,160 --> 00:40:48,160Anyway so I was going to say like they had all these keepers dwellings and they137400:40:48,160 --> 00:40:52,160built another one in 1837 that was six rooms.137500:40:52,160 --> 00:40:57,160And I was like there's no official assistant keeper until 20 years after that.137600:40:57,160 --> 00:41:00,160So I was like why do they keep building light?137700:41:00,160 --> 00:41:01,160Keepers cottages.137800:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,160But I think that's what it comes from.137900:41:03,160 --> 00:41:09,160And Montauk Historical Society they have a page on I think it's called second138000:41:09,160 --> 00:41:10,160house.138100:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,160I feel like I should have second house.138200:41:12,160 --> 00:41:15,160Yeah I feel like I should have done more research on that.138300:41:15,160 --> 00:41:21,160But that there was three houses and the second house is the one that's closest to138400:41:21,160 --> 00:41:25,160this and the historical society is in charge of keeping that.138500:41:25,160 --> 00:41:29,160So they have a whole page on it of it being the oldest standing building from138600:41:29,160 --> 00:41:30,160whenever.138700:41:30,160 --> 00:41:34,160So I didn't do a lot of looking deep into that but you can.138800:41:34,160 --> 00:41:38,160I think I'm going to put in our show notes the historical society page you can138900:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,160go take a look at it yourself.139000:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,160So sorry I'm looking at the image still.139100:41:42,160 --> 00:41:46,160So there's one built in 1837 that's a six bedroom.139200:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,160So I think that's the dark building.139300:41:48,160 --> 00:41:49,160It must be.139400:41:49,160 --> 00:41:50,160Yeah.139500:41:50,160 --> 00:41:53,160And then I was looking at this the chimney on this white building is enormous.139600:41:53,160 --> 00:41:54,160Oh of course.139700:41:54,160 --> 00:41:55,160Steam.139800:41:55,160 --> 00:41:56,160It's a steam.139900:41:56,160 --> 00:41:57,160It's a boiler.140000:41:57,160 --> 00:41:58,160Yeah.140100:41:58,160 --> 00:42:02,160I would that make sense where those chimneys over on the residential house are140200:42:02,160 --> 00:42:06,160probably just fireplaces or yeah probably or oil houses.140300:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,160Yeah storage etc.140400:42:08,160 --> 00:42:12,160And then the rain that looks like there's a gutter that goes over to something.140500:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,160I wonder if it doesn't feed into the boiler building.140600:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,160That's good.140700:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,160I think that's a nice observation.140800:42:18,160 --> 00:42:19,160I think you'd be right.140900:42:19,160 --> 00:42:22,160There's probably a cistern underneath the fog hard building.141000:42:22,160 --> 00:42:23,160Really cool.141100:42:23,160 --> 00:42:26,160It's impressive image for 1884.141200:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,160They probably had to stand there like that for a long time.141300:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,160The people in this picture.141400:42:30,160 --> 00:42:33,160Remember it was like a flash and you had to not move for a long time.141500:42:33,160 --> 00:42:34,160Yeah.141600:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,160What is that called.141700:42:36,160 --> 00:42:37,160Exposure photography.141800:42:37,160 --> 00:42:38,160I'm not sure.141900:42:38,160 --> 00:42:40,160I think it is 1880.142000:42:40,160 --> 00:42:43,160I was born in 1995.142100:42:43,160 --> 00:42:44,160It's crazy.142200:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,160This picture is 110 years older than you.142300:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,160And up there they've got a lighthouse or a lightning rod I think.142400:42:49,160 --> 00:42:55,160And one of my favorite parts of this lighthouse and they restored it to be exactly the same as it was in this picture.142500:42:55,160 --> 00:42:56,160The balcony.142600:42:56,160 --> 00:42:59,160Look at the thick X shaped balcony.142700:42:59,160 --> 00:43:03,160It's just like a very fancy detailed balcony.142800:43:03,160 --> 00:43:07,160I wouldn't expect the lowest bidder to put so much effort.142900:43:07,160 --> 00:43:10,160They're like we're going to be the lowest, best bidder.143000:43:10,160 --> 00:43:15,160They're like best foundation, best balcony.143100:43:15,160 --> 00:43:17,160Also, I've never considered this until this moment.143200:43:17,160 --> 00:43:19,160The balcony.143300:43:19,160 --> 00:43:20,160Is that what it's the official?143400:43:20,160 --> 00:43:22,160Well, gallery.143500:43:22,160 --> 00:43:25,160I just did an episode covering what these are called.143600:43:25,160 --> 00:43:30,160So that thing you walk on is lower than the light room.143700:43:30,160 --> 00:43:34,160Probably because if it was the same level you'd be in the beam of light.143800:43:34,160 --> 00:43:35,160No, look, there's another one.143900:43:35,160 --> 00:43:38,160That's the lantern gallery.144000:43:38,160 --> 00:43:45,160And then there's the main gallery is below that where it's I was talking about it's in line with the storm room or the watch room.144100:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,160Where the floor is inside the tower.144200:43:48,160 --> 00:43:52,160Where the clockwork would be hung and such.144300:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,160Well, never mind.144400:43:54,160 --> 00:44:00,160You'd be right in that beam because you have to clean the glass outside of the lens too.144500:44:00,160 --> 00:44:05,160So it's powerful, full power.144600:44:05,160 --> 00:44:12,160The lighthouse got a first order Fresnel lens in 1857 as well as their new six room Keepers Cottage.144700:44:12,160 --> 00:44:19,160The lighthouse at that time at 78 feet was not tall enough to be considered a first class coastal light.144800:44:19,160 --> 00:44:20,160Oh, too short.144900:44:20,160 --> 00:44:21,160Yeah, it's not.145000:44:21,160 --> 00:44:22,160It wasn't tall enough.145100:44:22,160 --> 00:44:34,160So around 1860, three years later, they increased the height of the lighthouse by 30 feet, which brings it to its final total, which is the same as today of 110.5 feet.145200:44:34,160 --> 00:44:35,160Legitimate.145300:44:35,160 --> 00:44:36,160Yeah.145400:44:36,160 --> 00:44:43,160They increased the wooden steps, like leading up to the lantern room with iron and built another Keepers dwelling.145500:44:43,160 --> 00:44:50,160And one of them is today, the museum that it's like highly rated, the coolest museum ever.145600:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,160They always tell you to go to it, but I can't.145700:44:52,160 --> 00:44:55,160I don't know exactly which Keepers Cottage it's in.145800:44:55,160 --> 00:44:56,160No one does.145900:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,160There's so many.146000:44:58,160 --> 00:45:01,160They just built their own community out there, Long Island.146100:45:01,160 --> 00:45:10,160All right. In 1903, the first order lens was replaced by the three and a half order by valve lens that I showed during the history buoy.146200:45:10,160 --> 00:45:11,160So there's a nice picture of that.146300:45:11,160 --> 00:45:14,160It was revolving and had a white flash every 15 seconds.146400:45:14,160 --> 00:45:20,160And they also added a fourth order fixed red range lens in the lantern room.146500:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,160And it's basically just a fourth order lens.146600:45:23,160 --> 00:45:34,160And if you moved far enough to come in view of the red, it was saying that you were getting close to Shaguang Reef, which was three and a half miles from the lighthouse.146700:45:34,160 --> 00:45:37,160I didn't do a lot of research on it, but its elevation is zero feet.146800:45:37,160 --> 00:45:41,160So basically it's like it's on the cusp of being an island.146900:45:41,160 --> 00:45:48,160So as you'd be going around the lighthouse, you, the traveler on the boat, would come into a red light.147000:45:48,160 --> 00:45:52,160Yeah. You'd see a red light appear, which means that you need to take caution.147100:45:52,160 --> 00:45:56,160It would mean that you're, you're coming too close to.147200:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,160Because it's fourth order. It's only so powerful.147300:45:58,160 --> 00:46:01,160So you're within range and at that angle.147400:46:01,160 --> 00:46:02,160Yeah, exactly.147500:46:02,160 --> 00:46:03,160That's really interesting.147600:46:03,160 --> 00:46:10,160So you'd still see the flashing of the lighthouse, but if you went too far, too close to the point, then you would see this red light and have to.147700:46:10,160 --> 00:46:12,160I wonder if that's what was going on.147800:46:12,160 --> 00:46:13,160That's what I was thinking.147900:46:13,160 --> 00:46:14,160At our lighthouse.148000:46:14,160 --> 00:46:15,160Oh my gosh.148100:46:15,160 --> 00:46:19,160I know. I remember us talking about it, but I don't know which lighthouse it was.148200:46:19,160 --> 00:46:20,160It was in Sweden.148300:46:20,160 --> 00:46:21,160Lundsors.148400:46:21,160 --> 00:46:22,160Oh yeah.148500:46:22,160 --> 00:46:23,160Lundsors Sphere.148600:46:23,160 --> 00:46:24,160Right.148700:46:24,160 --> 00:46:27,160Yeah. When the one I was talking about, maybe it was bi-form, but I don't think it was.148800:46:27,160 --> 00:46:30,160But they had a lower, like a window, I think.148900:46:30,160 --> 00:46:31,160Yeah.149000:46:31,160 --> 00:46:32,160We never got to get there.149100:46:32,160 --> 00:46:33,160The little red light peeked through.149200:46:33,160 --> 00:46:36,160So anyway, I thought that was really cool. I've never seen.149300:46:36,160 --> 00:46:38,160No, I've never heard of that before.149400:46:38,160 --> 00:46:39,160Yeah.149500:46:39,160 --> 00:46:40,160Here's a.149600:46:40,160 --> 00:46:41,160That's cool.149700:46:41,160 --> 00:46:44,160This was after the height was added, which is why I think the lantern room looks different.149800:46:44,160 --> 00:46:49,160And they also have the reddish brown band that you see on it today.149900:46:49,160 --> 00:46:55,160Did you see anything about them? How they added height? Did they build on top? Did they?150000:46:55,160 --> 00:46:56,160They didn't build a new tower.150100:46:56,160 --> 00:47:04,160No, they built it from the top, I'm assuming. I think they probably added more, more of the sandstone bricks to the top.150200:47:04,160 --> 00:47:10,160But they, what's the, there's a lot going on here. Is that a driving range down here on the left?150300:47:10,160 --> 00:47:11,160Into the ocean?150400:47:11,160 --> 00:47:12,160Yeah.150500:47:12,160 --> 00:47:18,160I don't know. Yeah. I remember them talking about building this tower. I think it was a war thing, like a world war.150600:47:18,160 --> 00:47:19,160Okay.150700:47:19,160 --> 00:47:24,160One or world war two thing that they built another tower that was for something. I don't know.150800:47:24,160 --> 00:47:29,160Could be. Yeah. It could just be better suited for people to be up there with different.150900:47:29,160 --> 00:47:34,160This is a much later image, but I was going to show you this is the picture of the.151000:47:34,160 --> 00:47:36,160That's the revolving lens.151100:47:36,160 --> 00:47:40,160Yeah. The bite, the, God, clamshell. Geez.151200:47:40,160 --> 00:47:48,160And then the picture next to it is, I think it's the picture, it came up in the US LHS in association with this lighthouse.151300:47:48,160 --> 00:47:56,160So I think this is the red fourth order lens I was talking about. And maybe it's in this casing so that you only see half of the lens.151400:47:56,160 --> 00:48:03,160You know, it's like, it's not projecting any beams towards our clamshell lens. That's right behind it.151500:48:03,160 --> 00:48:06,160It's probably, they focused all of it outwards.151600:48:06,160 --> 00:48:09,160And it was below the clamshell lens.151700:48:09,160 --> 00:48:12,160It's probably just outside of it, like sitting on the ground over here.151800:48:12,160 --> 00:48:14,160Cool. It was in the lantern room.151900:48:14,160 --> 00:48:17,160So, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Looks heavy duty. Man.152000:48:17,160 --> 00:48:30,160I know the keeper at the time that they added these two new lights was James G Scott, who had the longest headkeeper stint at the station from 1885 to 1910.152100:48:30,160 --> 00:48:34,160So that's 35 years, I think. Oh, 25.152200:48:34,160 --> 00:48:37,160Math is hard.152300:48:37,160 --> 00:48:41,16035. 15 plus 10 is 25. 35.152400:48:41,160 --> 00:48:49,160A couple of big schooner, oh God, I forgot to look at it. I did it too. Boats. What is it? Schooner. Yeah.152500:48:49,160 --> 00:48:57,160Crashes happened during his watch. Not that it was his fault, but he was there for 25 years. Something had to happen. 25 at least.152600:48:57,160 --> 00:49:04,160Yeah. And so he had two big crashes. One of them was carrying cocoa beans and one of them was carrying coconuts.152700:49:04,160 --> 00:49:11,160And this is the first time I've seen this. What? Nothing. I was going to push a wham wham button, but I decided not to because people might have died.152800:49:11,160 --> 00:49:15,160Yeah, right. I don't think so. I think it probably would have mentioned that. It didn't.152900:49:15,160 --> 00:49:28,160Cocoa beans and coconuts. The first thing that I noticed that the first time that I've noticed that if something crashes and stuff washes ashore, you just get to keep it.153000:49:28,160 --> 00:49:39,160In both of these instances, they were like there was a crash and so then we had coconuts for a really long time and like we made tons of I'm like, you just kept it.153100:49:39,160 --> 00:49:43,160I don't know. Don't they want their stuff back? I don't know.153200:49:43,160 --> 00:49:49,160I think you'd you know, they lose, you know, they crash and they lose their boat. They'd want their stuff back, but they've been robbed.153300:49:49,160 --> 00:49:55,160I don't know that there's a law or a rule on that in those times. You think it's like free.153400:49:55,160 --> 00:50:01,160I don't think it's free, but they have to come collect it. The owner has to come collect it. If they don't, then it's just waste.153500:50:01,160 --> 00:50:09,160Yeah, especially both of those are perishable items. Yeah. So yeah, true. It's not like it's gold. They, you know, we're shipping.153600:50:09,160 --> 00:50:17,160Yeah. Yeah. So I just thought it was funny. They talked about after this, they created Montauk pudding, which is basically chocolate bread pudding.153700:50:17,160 --> 00:50:28,160Sounds good. The cocoa beans and they said locals at the time said that if you visited somewhere for a year after this coconut crash, you were you would expect to have coconut cake for dessert at somebody's house.153800:50:28,160 --> 00:50:33,160Oh, my gosh. Everyone had the coconuts and they just were trying to get rid of them, but not throw them away.153900:50:33,160 --> 00:50:40,160Yeah. And the locals held a contest after the coconuts washed up and they just kept them all.154000:50:40,160 --> 00:50:46,160I don't know. I just think it's so crazy that it's just like, oh, you crashed. I'm going to keep all of your good coconuts float.154100:50:46,160 --> 00:50:58,160Yeah. Is that common? That's not common knowledge. But I would think they'd be in crates too. So yeah, I don't know the details of how this happened, but they ended up with all the coconuts.154200:50:58,160 --> 00:51:08,160And they said they held a contest to see, you know, like everyone made coconut something and they held a contest to see who would win the best coconut creation.154300:51:08,160 --> 00:51:20,160And the winner was a four tiered coconut cake that had coconut frosting and shredded coconut in the batter and the frosting and the layers. It was just like a coconut bonanza.154400:51:20,160 --> 00:51:28,160That sounds awesome. I would love that. The same thing happened during the Prohibition era with Licker, allegedly.154500:51:28,160 --> 00:51:40,160John E. Miller and John A. Miller, a father and son duo who were keepers at the lighthouse. They were head and first assistant keeper. They were suspected of collaborating with bootleggers.154600:51:40,160 --> 00:51:48,160Oh, John. The Johns, double John. The Coast Guard heard of two grounded ships on the beach of the Point suspected of carrying illegal liquor.154700:51:48,160 --> 00:51:55,160And they called the Millers because they're in view of this beach. And they were like, are the ships there? And the Millers were like, no, no, there's no ships.154800:51:55,160 --> 00:52:05,160They must have gotten up and walked away, you know, slurring their words on the phone. They fixed it.154900:52:05,160 --> 00:52:15,160But so, however, the Coast Guard sent people to check it out. And there's two ships grounded on the beach, surrounded by liquor cases that were empty.155000:52:15,160 --> 00:52:22,160Oh, no. Yeah. They walked away clearly. And the Millers wouldn't return calls from the Coast Guard.155100:52:22,160 --> 00:52:27,160You would think the Coast Guard would just break down the door during Prohibition. Yeah.155200:52:27,160 --> 00:52:35,160But they didn't have any proof that it was just suspicious. They could. There's no proof or anything. So they just had to let it go. There's never anything brought out of this.155300:52:35,160 --> 00:52:46,160It's just but lighthouse keepers, lighthouse keepers very largely. It's an honorable truth telling. Yes. Very specific on their log books.155400:52:46,160 --> 00:52:55,160And that's why it's so suspicious. Pretty big assumption to make. Yeah. Those guys are clearly. I don't know, like to be sketchy and not answer phone calls and then lie about whether or not they're ships.155500:52:55,160 --> 00:53:02,160They also had a bunch of unexplained cash flow. And lighthouse liquor started up the next day.155600:53:02,160 --> 00:53:08,160John and John. That would be cool. So anyway, just thought that was a fun little story. Yeah.155700:53:08,160 --> 00:53:20,160The lighthouse was automated in 1987. Wait, let me see if I have any more pictures. Oh, it's just the lighthouse. Yeah. So beautiful. Automated in 1987 and immediately taken over by Montauk Historical Society.155800:53:20,160 --> 00:53:34,160So this is like this wonderful collaboration where it was taken over by a historical society or, you know, a nonprofit immediately after. There was no time where it wasn't being taken care of.155900:53:34,160 --> 00:53:43,160It was always being they wanted it right away. Yeah. Which is awesome. You didn't have to search. You didn't have to fight for it. It was just like the seamless transition of power over the lighthouse.156000:53:43,160 --> 00:53:52,160So they opened the Keepers Dwelling as a museum and it includes that third and a half order for an Ellen. So you can go see that nowadays.156100:53:52,160 --> 00:54:01,160The it's one white flash every five seconds through an arrow beacon. And so there's no arrow.156200:54:01,160 --> 00:54:12,160No, it's just a stupid joke to myself. Last time you told me about arrow beacons. Oh, yeah. I thought arrow was a brand like the apple of beacons. Yeah. They have the whole market.156300:54:12,160 --> 00:54:24,160For those who didn't listen to that arrow was a style of beacon. Yeah. It's an electric beacon that places lighthouse. It was originally it's called an arrow beacon because it was originally in airports.156400:54:24,160 --> 00:54:44,160That makes sense. Yeah. So this lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. And this one's really cool. A national historic landmark in 2012. Oh, cool. Which only 12 lighthouses total are added to the landmark list. That's awesome. Yeah.156500:54:44,160 --> 00:55:04,160The 11th. So there's one more after this that was added. But currently there's only 12 lighthouses that are national landmarks. This is a just by appearances and also through the story. This is a really special lighthouse. I know. Yeah. Yeah. People. Yeah. I think this is a well loved lighthouse for sure.156600:55:04,160 --> 00:55:25,160I gotta say one more thing while we're here. Sure. Image that tower that was added for wartime efforts. Yeah. So there's the top, which is a railed. You know, you can be on the top. Yeah. And there's three different stories with like bunker style windows. I wonder if it's not like a gun tower. It looks like that. It looks like what we climbed into in Hawaii.156700:55:25,160 --> 00:55:55,120There there were bunkers like that in the in the rock of the island. I can't remember what they were called, but they were built like that. So yeah, it did talk about that tower, but there was a lot of details about this lighthouse. So I just I had to skip. Yeah. We're not a gun tower. That's not a lighthouse. Yeah. Although there happens to be gun towers at a lot of lighthouses. That's true. Well, yeah, because people are always trying to bomb them. It's evil. Well, and they got good lookout points and ports nearby.156800:55:55,160 --> 00:56:25,120So they're the first image we saw overhead had like this beach that's that we're on now. And they had some surfers, I think people with surfboards. Yeah, maybe it's a good surfing spot. I have heard that this is a good that this is a well traveled beach that it's very popular to come to. And you know, in this picture, there's a lot of rocks. Obviously they had trouble with erosion. Yeah. And I didn't make I didn't make notes on this, but they obviously were worried about the lighthouse losing the lighthouse because of the light.156900:56:25,160 --> 00:56:48,440Erosion in this lady suggests came and suggested that they cut this coast into terraces, you know, like steps, steps in the side and then plant, you know, grasses and local plants and everything. And that stopped erosion. It's like she solved the problem. And then later on, the Coast Guard added all this riprap along the side, too.157000:56:48,440 --> 00:57:12,360But I should have covered it more because she did that to save her own house or something. She kind of came up with the idea, proved that it worked and then came to the lighthouse and was like, I have an answer to your problem. I've heard of that before. Yeah. I think they do that for multiple reasons with different types of like orchard, like not orchard grapes and olive growth that cut terraces.157100:57:12,360 --> 00:57:31,880I think they do that with tea leaves, too, in Japan. We saw a lot of those. The root systems stabilizes the soil rather than, you know, a sloped. Yeah. The sand doesn't fall away because it's being held together with. That's genius. Yeah. So I mean, she literally saved the lighthouse from being having to move or get destroyed.157200:57:31,880 --> 00:57:49,320Yeah, we move a lot of lighthouses. It's not easy. It's like it's our job. This one, they'd have to move all 17 houses to challenge. That's hilarious. So 1999, a three phase restoration project was completed. And this is why I covered the lighthouse.157300:57:49,320 --> 00:58:04,040They had another restoration, three phase restoration that started in 2019 and they just finished it as of recording this podcast. It'll post later. But as of recording, it was two weeks ago. They finished. Oh, wow. Starting in 2019 and just finished.157400:58:04,680 --> 00:58:07,720I know it took a lot longer than building the lighthouse. Yeah, I know.157500:58:07,720 --> 00:58:22,560Yeah, the first phase was completed in 2019. They repaired metal in the lantern room, the catwalk and the top of the tower. So anything metal, they fixed that up. The second phase was the most extensive included all stone and mortar repairs and paint stripping.157600:58:23,560 --> 00:58:33,400This started just as COVID hit. So they faced a bunch of problems with supply chain issues and basically it extended their projected completion time of this restoration.157700:58:33,400 --> 00:58:48,200But they started back up again, I think last year and completed 2022. Yeah. And then completed. Maybe it was 2021. I can't remember. But they completed that phase this year in the spring. And then the third phase was recoding the lighthouse. It's like this.157800:58:49,320 --> 00:58:56,000It's coating that protects the brick, but allows it to breathe so that water doesn't get trapped. Yeah, I can't remember if we covered that already.157900:58:56,000 --> 00:59:21,600I've heard about that for houses even. You can't. You can, but you shouldn't paint brick because of the moisture content. It will break down. So you can like, I forget, like bleach it to make brick white on your house. You can actually take the color out of it. It's not bleach, but it's a process like that. Yeah. White washing rather than just it's not actually paint. And then I don't know how they do the red, but some more to learn. I think that's a good point.158000:59:21,600 --> 00:59:32,480And then I don't know how they do the red, but some more to learn. I think it is paint, but then special. Yes, special paint. And then there's a coating on top that protects everything.158100:59:33,320 --> 00:59:41,160But anyway, the best month for doing that is June. I'm not sure if it's because of the temperature or the moisture in the air or something.158200:59:41,160 --> 00:59:57,680But they were able to do that and it was finished on time. So they posted a picture of the visible brick version of the lighthouse, which is really fun. I think actually there's a picture when they stripped it so you can still see where the stripe would be.158300:59:57,680 --> 01:00:10,400I don't know if it's just over time, you know, over 100 and something years, you stain the bricks. That's the image I'm going to use for our YouTube picture. Okay, yeah. But it's a good one. It's so cool.158401:00:11,280 --> 01:00:22,840Yeah. Look at the iron work inside of the cupola. Is that right? Up top? Oh, yeah. This is so pretty. This lighthouse is so visually appealing. Even naked.158501:00:22,840 --> 01:00:29,840We like it naked. But yeah, you can see the white washed area and then I assume that's the red stripe looks blackened.158601:00:30,840 --> 01:00:42,840Yeah, it's just tinted. So it didn't have the same process. Well, and stripping how many, well, several hundred years of paint, right? Yeah. I mean, or whatever the finish is. Right. And then small bricks up top.158701:00:42,840 --> 01:00:54,840Probably part of the addition. Really neat. Yeah, they posted another picture of this. I didn't put it in the slideshow, but there's a lightning rod to cable going down the side. Oh, yeah. Good eye.158801:00:54,840 --> 01:01:12,840Their Instagram is MTK underscore lighthouse. So at MTK, which is Montauk Point Lighthouse. And you can see pictures. They did a, it was officially completed on August 16th, 2023. They did a ribbing cutting ceremony where they celebrated all the people who made it happen.158901:01:12,840 --> 01:01:31,840And I think the mayor was there and they posted pictures of all of that on their Instagram and all the steps of doing the restoration. So you can go and check it out. And yeah, another thing that I wanted to point out is that Montauk Point decorates like crazy for the holidays.159001:01:31,840 --> 01:01:47,840That's like, look at this. Whoa. It's amazing. Every crease of the lighthouse is covered in lights and the Keepers Cottage, they surrounded every window with lights, the roof, the chimneys. It's so cool.159101:01:47,840 --> 01:02:01,840Have we talked about Montauk Point before? Because that's like a mast pole. I don't think we have, but we've seen that somewhere else too. I wonder if there's some meaning behind that that we don't know. It's like a ship mast, like a cross.159201:02:02,840 --> 01:02:12,840You focus on things that I would never pay any attention to in pictures. Sorry. No, I just think it's funny. It's like, I'm just like, look at all these lights and you're like, there's a mast in this picture.159301:02:12,840 --> 01:02:25,840It's also not lit up, which I guess it would look like a cross. So maybe that's a little, depends on. To me it looks like a sword sticking out of the ground. Yeah. I just think it's really pretty. That's a lot of lights.159401:02:25,840 --> 01:02:42,840Because the tower is what? A hundred feet tall now? 110. Yeah. I just wanted to show it. I was thinking one of our episodes, we have on the schedule an episode to post on a Christmas day. And I'm wondering if I should just do a really quick episode where I talk about lighthouses that decorate like crazy for the holidays.159501:02:42,840 --> 01:02:59,840Yeah, it can't hurt. So that's why I thought I would mention this. We talked about flying Santa last year. Yeah. Remind people to watch that one too. I know. For Christmas time. Have I covered St. Augustine Lighthouse? No. We've talked about it a couple times, but never. I think I've started my research and I won't spoil anything. Okay.159601:02:59,840 --> 01:03:22,840Ignoring what I just said. You're spoiling. Have you looked into like what they do? Like tours and Montauk Point? Do they have a website that shows that? They do have a website and I'll link it. I don't know if they rent out. You can climb it. I don't know if they rent it out or anything like that. I know there's more than one Keepers Cottage, so I don't know. It's up in the air. I haven't looked exactly what they offer, but they have a lot of different facets to their website. So.159701:03:22,840 --> 01:03:52,840It's just another place. I'd love to go. I know, all these White House, add it to the list and they're all spread out. Why are they all spread out? Well, I've never been to New York except for once. Yeah, it was recently. We were there for what couple hours. Yeah, we decided Times Square Times Square and Central Park got pizza close by, then we went back to the airport. Yeah, that was so. I don't think we saw much of it. They have all kind of a lot of things that just happened in 180,159801:03:52,840 --> 01:03:58,000of New York. Yeah I tried to plan out the visit being lighthouse focused and we159901:03:58,000 --> 01:04:01,680would have had to have rent a car in like that four hour time period and drive160001:04:01,680 --> 01:04:04,680but we would have been able to hit like five different lighthouses in that time160101:04:04,680 --> 01:04:09,840period they were all so close together. We'll do it on our own. Yeah. On our own trip.160201:04:09,840 --> 01:04:13,240Really good episode. Thank you. Anyway that's Montauk Point Lighthouse.160301:04:13,240 --> 01:04:18,800It's apparently the one to go to if you are only gonna go to one lighthouse. I think160401:04:18,800 --> 01:04:22,800people might contest that. Oh I didn't think the comments are open. The comment160501:04:22,800 --> 01:04:26,800section is open. Yeah if you think there's a better lighthouse to go to you160601:04:26,800 --> 01:04:31,720should send us the name of the lighthouse over the lighthouselowdown.com160701:04:31,720 --> 01:04:36,280in an email lighthouselowdown.gmail.com or over a voicemail if you're160801:04:36,280 --> 01:04:41,760brave enough. Do it. Montauk Point. Is this the first one it's the first one in160901:04:41,760 --> 01:04:45,080New York State. Yes. Is this the first one we've covered over there? I think it161001:04:45,080 --> 01:04:51,720might be. I think it is. I mean we talked to people over there that probably think161101:04:51,720 --> 01:04:57,960those are not close at all. Yeah probably. They showed up in the same map. Kansas City.161201:04:57,960 --> 01:05:04,520Our perspective is that those are close. Yeah. Awesome. Yeah so another thing I161301:05:04,520 --> 01:05:08,840wanted to mention just before we end the podcast is that you can leave us a161401:05:08,840 --> 01:05:15,560review on our website lighthouselowdown.com. The amount of time I've said that today.161501:05:15,560 --> 01:05:21,160Lighthouselowdown.com. Or you can leave one over Spotify. I saw we have like nine161601:05:21,160 --> 01:05:25,000reviews on Spotify. I can't believe there's a lighthouse about her. No no. Oh my161701:05:25,000 --> 01:05:34,820gosh. I can't believe there's a lighthouse about this. A lighthouse about this podcast. But there's also we have a couple on Apple but you can161801:05:34,820 --> 01:05:39,200leave a review if you don't want to go to Apple or Spotify or whatever to leave161901:05:39,200 --> 01:05:42,800a review you can do it straight on our website. 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