Well Made Stairs - Point Arena Lighthouse - Mamiya 6 - 75mm F/3.5 - Portra 800

Well Made Stairs
Point Arena Lighthouse
45500 Lighthouse Road
Point Arena, Mendocino County, California 95468

The original Point Arena Lighthouse was built in 1870. The chief engineer for the design and construction of the lighthouse was Lt. Col. R. S. Williamson, as he was for most of the lighthouses on the West coast of the United States.

The lighthouse sits about 200 yards from where the San Andreas fault runs into the sea. When the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake occurred it is estimated the local movement was about 17 feet. When the earthquake hit the lighthouse keeper was tending to the light atop the tower and the tower crumbled around him. Luckily for him Lt Col. Williamson had over engineered the spiral staircase, and they stayed in place as the rest of the lighthouse crumbled. Since the stairs had worked so well, when the lighthouse was rebuilt 1906-1907 they used the original stairs from 1870, which are still in use and pictured here.

camera: Mamiya 6 medium format rangefinder
lens: 75mm F/3.5
film: Kodak Portra 800
filter: Hoya HMC UV
support: hand held
scan: PCV

Taken in: United States / California / Flumeville (show map)

Taken on: September 19, 2012

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Camera: NORITSU KOKI QSS-32_33 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	NORITSU KOKI QSS-32_33
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	ACD Systems Digital Imaging
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