Detail of the outside balcony floor of the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse in the Point Reyes National Seashore.
Point Reyes National Seashore  http://www.nps.gov/pore/index.htm
The Lighthouse http://www.nps.gov/pore/historyculture/people_maritime_lighthouse.htm

The Point Reyes Light First Shone in 1870.
The Point Reyes Lighthouse lens and mechanism were constructed in France in 1867. The clockwork mechanism, glass prisms and housing for the lighthouse were shipped on a steamer around the tip of South America to San Francisco. The parts from France and the parts for the cast iron tower were transferred to a second ship, which then sailed to a landing on Drakes Bay.  The parts were loaded onto ox-drawn carts and hauled three miles over the headlands to near the tip of Point Reyes, 600 feet above sea level.

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