Major renovations are about to start at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse ... the Fort Jefferson Lighthouse at Dry Tortugas National Park in the Florida Keys. A new Fresnel lens will be fabricated ...

In its 154 years, the Cape Hatteras ... the first-order Fresnel lens. From its construction in 1870 until the 1930s, according to N.C. Sea Grant and the Park Service, the lighthouse had full ...

HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. — The iconic Cape ... of the lighthouse, add new pathways and fencing to the ground and replace the existing light beacon with a replica of the original Fresnel lens ...

BUXTON, N.C. (WITN) - The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is moving into the 21st ... contractors will remove the original first-order Fresnel lens and install a replica lens that will be the same ...

BUXTON, N.C. — The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will soon undergo a major ... creation and installation of a replica first-order Fresnel lens. Although a temporary beacon will be installed ...

It’s a sight that can happen in any lighthouse still using its historic Fresnel lens, officials said. That means you won’t see it in the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, which now has a modern rotary ...

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse restoration project manager, Lindsey Gravel, show photographs of the lighthouse’s Fresnel lens restoration during a tour of the restoration project on Monday ...