Point Reyes Light Station
by Mike Robles
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14.000 x 11.000 x 0.120 inches
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Title
Point Reyes Light Station
Artist
Mike Robles
Medium
Painting - Watercolor & Ink On Noaa Nautical Chart
Description
"Point Reyes Light Station on a NOAA Nautical Chart" is an original watercolor and ink painting by Mike Robles.
A section of a NOAA nautical chart was printed on Strathmore Aquarius II watercolor paper. The lighthouse was then painted using artist quality paints and ink. The location of the lighthouse is shown with a small red & white striped lighthouse on the chart.
Point Reyes Light Station was established in 1870 at Point Reyes, Calif., 19 miles from the nearest town of Inverness. It is a family station with a complement of four men who maintain a first order light, fog signal and radio beacon. The light tower itself is a sixteen-sided structure of forged iron plate bolted to solid rock. The top of the lantern is 37 feet (11 m) above the ground and focal plane of the light is 294 feet above sea level. To reach the light, men assigned must descend 308 steps on the headland from the plateau above the station, where the family quarters are situated. Buildings maintained on the property, in addition to the family quarters, are the fog signal building, engine room, pump house, paint locker, double garage and a four-car carport with adjoining office and workshop.
Point Reyes is, by official records, is the windiest and foggiest on the Pacific Coast. The station is frequently blanketed by week-long periods of fog and few years pass that do not see violent gales of 75 to 100 miles per hour strike the area. Point Reyes Light Station is one of the District's outstanding tourist attractions. On fair summer weekends we often have several hundred visitors logged aboard.
1. History notes from 1962 USCG website.
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February 7th, 2017
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