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A Close-Up & Inside View of
Halfway Rock Lighthouse
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
A close-up look at
the light's
stalwart exterior
construction
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
The lighthouse is
equipped with
a Vega
VRB-25 main optic and a 300mm lantern (upside down) emergency beacon
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
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Looking down from the lantern at the
concrete helicopter pad (left) and wooden boat ramp
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Looking down on the wood building used
by keepers for extra living space (left) and the
one-time concrete containment for
diesel fuel
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
A view of the
cramped shower facilities on the second floor of the wooden keeper's
dwelling
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
A closet located
at the top of the staircase on the second floor of the two-story former
keeper's dwelling
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
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Remnants of what appears to have served
as an office or living room space for the lightkeepers
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With space at a premium, even the
kitchen area inside the wooden dwelling was narrow and cramped
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
Looking down the
hallway
inside the second
floor of the former wooden keeper's
dwelling attached
to the tower
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
Steel doors like
the one pictured
here are located
on different
levels throughout
the tower
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
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Looking down on
one of the
confining
circular rooms
inside
the
tower...moisture
has impacted this
specific level
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A view of another
interior level inside
the tower with
flaking paint littering the floor
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
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Keepers did not
have
the
privilege of having large windows to let in the natural light in
since the
structure was prone to being struck mountainous seas
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
A view of a
section of cast-iron staircase leading from one
level to another
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
Looking down the
cast-iron
staircase, with
paint peeling from
the interior brick
wall and off
the cast-iron
staircase itself
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
A view of
the pedestal that
once supported the
light's
third order
Fresnel lens
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
Halfway Rock Light
is equipped with a main and emergency
array of FA/232
fog signals
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Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
A frontal view of the
two-story wooden
dwelling attached to
the light tower,
with the beacon's
solar panels seen
to the right
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