Winding Down

by Joan Carroll

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18.000 x 12.000 inches

Title

Winding Down

Artist

Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Digital Photograph

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It seemed like such a good idea at the time....build a lighthouse on a vantage point 422 feet above sea level to help guide ships into San Diego harbor. However, the Old Point Loma Lighthouse stood watch over the entrance to San Diego Bay for only 36 years. At dusk on November 15, 1855, the light keeper climbed these winding stairs and lit the light for the first time. What seemed to be a good location had a serious flaw. Fog and low clouds often obscured the light. On March 23, 1891, the light was extinguished and the keeper moved to a new lighthouse location closer to the water at the tip of the Point. The work of this lighthouse was winding down. You can still climb the stairs to view the rooms where the keepers and their families lived and worked.

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THIRD PLACE finish, Stairs contest, 7/15/13

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