Point Sur Light Station
by Mike Robles
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14.000 x 11.000 x 0.120 inches
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Title
Point Sur Light Station
Artist
Mike Robles
Medium
Painting - Watercolor & Ink On Photocopied Noaa Nautical Chart
Description
Point Sur 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 Sur Light station1 is at Point Sur, California, 135 miles south of San Francisco, on the 361-foot (110 m)-tall rock at the head of the point. It was established in 1889 and is part of Point Sur State Historic Park. The light house is 40 feet (12 m) tall and 270 feet (82 m) above sea level. As of 2016 and for the foreseeable future the light is still in operation as an essential aid to navigation. Point Sur is the only complete turn-of-the-20th-century light station open to the public in California. Three-hour walking tours guided by volunteers are available on Wednesdays and weekends throughout the year.
Brief History
Point Sur was a hazard for ships from the first settlement of California, and especially after the great increase in shipping in the mid-19th century, after the California Gold Rush. Many ships were wrecked there.
Finally, in 1886, Congress appropriated $50,000 for construction of a lighthouse at Point Sur, and another $50,000 in 1887. The light station was completed and the lantern lit on August 1, 1889. Life on Point Sur was very isolated. The only road, which led to Monterey, was long and often dangerous. The keepers received goods and bulk supplies by boat roughly every four months. A "lighthouse tender" brought the supplies, but to get them ashore, the supplies were transferred to skiffs and floated to land in barrels.
Highway 1 was completed in 1937, connecting Big Sur with Monterey to the north and San Luis Obispo to the south. Life on the Point Sur became less isolated.
1. Wikipedia is the source of this information.
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February 7th, 2017
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