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38: 1618: 212: 188: 39: 444:. The 9,000-pound (4,100 kg) lens floated on mercury and compressed air. The lens was rotated by a system of pulleys powered by weights that needed to be reset by an operator every 3.5 hours. An oil storage house was built 155 feet (47 m) southeast of the light, and a small engine house in a small cove below the point. About 1,000 feet (300 m) south is a residential area with three small stone houses. Each house and the lighthouse itself have a water storage tank. 638: 49: 492: 1629: 1126: 624: 1114: 428:
would anchor offshore and then dispatch small boats with supplies to a cove near the point. Since there was no beach landing, the boats would anchor to cleats cemented into the lava rocks at the point. A boom derrick, constructed on a ledge above the water, would lift the supplies from the boats and
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A radio beacon was added in 1930, and with the added generator the light was changed to be powered by electricity. Originally 250,000 candle power, the light reached 2,500,000 candle power in 1958. The station was staffed until 1974 when it was automated. In February 1976 the light was moved to a
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made it impractical to be restored. As a result, the lamp is now only lit for ceremonial purposes and does not rotate. On its centennial anniversary on May 1, 2013, the lighthouse was officially renamed in dedication to U.S. Senator
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to Hawaii. An hour before dawn, aware that they were slightly north of their planned course and with their directional radio receiver not functioning, they spotted the Kīlauea Lighthouse as planned to verify their position.
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in September 1992, but repaired. The visitors center is operated by the Kīlauea Point Natural History Association. Starting in late 2008, the group raised funds for the restoration of the lighthouse. The restoration did
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style. The tower is a slightly tapering cylinder about 52 feet (16 m) high. The upper portion has a circular steel walkway with a handrail. The lens is one of only seven second-order
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was said in the movie to have shut down years ago due to the financial troubles of keeping it running. Towards the end of the film, however, Experiment 221—an electrical experiment that
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Finally, after almost four years of planning, construction began in July 1912 and the light was dedicated on May 1, 1913. The tower was built out of reinforced concrete in a
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Before construction could begin, a method for delivering supplies to the point had to be developed. Due to the lack of good roads from the
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in the Hawaiian Islands. The radio beacon was replaced in 1956, and then in the 1980s converted to a visitor center. It was added to the
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protruding from the northern shore of Kauaʻi, was purchased from the Kīlauea Sugar Plantation Company in 1909 for one
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nearby smaller tower and the tower was sealed. It was one of the last lights converted to automation by the
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remaining in a lighthouse in the US. Barbier, Bernard, and Turenne manufactured the lens in
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restore the lens' structure, as it was designed to float on 260 pounds (120 kg) of
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so it could be rotated by a weight-driven clock; the later understanding of
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kīlauea Point
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place them on a loading platform 110 feet (34 m) above the water.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kilauea
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Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii
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in 1979. The historic district included 31 acres (13 ha).
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National Register of Historic Places in Kauai County, Hawaii
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Kilauea Light


Kalihiwai
Kauaʻi County
Hawaii
Coordinates
22°13′53.8″N 159°24′7.2″W / 22.231611°N 159.402000°W / 22.231611; -159.402000
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Characteristic
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
United States Lighthouse Board
Bungalow
American craftsman
MPS
79000759
Kauaʻi
Hawaiʻi
Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
peninsula
United States dollar
Nawiliwili harbor
Classical Revival architecture
Fresnel lenses
Paris, France
Route 56
Kīlauea
United States Army Air Corps
Lester J. Maitland

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