tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post1577507440860951480..comments2024-03-28T17:33:32.921-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: LV-71Philiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-39242345896886184332016-08-16T19:04:59.428-04:002016-08-16T19:04:59.428-04:00Philip thanks! I just looked up Kevin Duffus and w...Philip thanks! I just looked up Kevin Duffus and will get that book this weekend. Thank you for helping with my sons question. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-24892073735947876902016-08-15T20:36:45.342-04:002016-08-15T20:36:45.342-04:00I will let Kevin Duffus speak to this question: &q...I will let Kevin Duffus speak to this question: "In September, 2002, the National Park Service and the managers of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore made a commitment to lend to the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras village, the surviving pieces of the original Henry-Lapaute Fresnel lens, as a centerpiece for a major exhibit at the museum." For the full story (plot-twists, ironies, redemption and dishonor), please read Kevin's book (from which this quotation comes), "The Lost Light, The Mystery of the Missing Cape Hatteras Fresnel Lens."<br /><br />By the way, the lost light was the original 1853 (not 1870) Fresnel lens.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-20784188501184261702016-08-15T16:29:38.912-04:002016-08-15T16:29:38.912-04:00this is not exactly your subject but I was wonderi...this is not exactly your subject but I was wondering...is the lens/light that is now in the hatteras lighthouse the original from 1870? wasn't there some kind of mix up with it after the civil war? Also what is the light from that is in the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum? Thanks, JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com